Robert Moore III is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Frostburg State University in Maryland. He is a past recipient of faculty achievement awards for teaching and service and was recently nominated for a State of Maryland Higher Education Regents' Teaching Award. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society and former chair of the Committee for Race and Ethnic Minorities, Southern Sociological Society. Professor Moore has edited several books including: African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses; The Quality and Quantity of Contact: African Americans and Whites on College Campuses; and The Hidden America: Social Problems in Rural America for the Twenty-first Century.

• Part 1 PrefacePart 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AssimilationChapter 4 InvisibilityPart 5 II: A Sense of DifferenceChapter 6 Feelings of DiscomfortChapter 7 Different GenerationsChapter 8 "Where did all the hippies go?"Part 9 III: Social Systems, Identity, and InteractionChapter 10 Situational ContextsChapter 11 Dating: African Americans and WhitesChapter 12 Race and WomenChapter 13 Coming to Grips with Race in AmericaPart 14 EndnotesPart 15 ReferencesPart 16 About the AuthorPart 17 Index