Product Description: A pitch-perfect account of how hip-hop culture drew in the author and how his father drew him out again-with love, perseverance, and fifteen thousand books. Into Williams's childhood home-a one-story ranch house-his father crammed more books than the local library could hold...read more

Product Description: This monograph powerfully and grippingly describes the core issues of black youth, music and drugs in inner city neighborhoods and the criminogenic lifestyles that destroy their ability (and will) to emerge into mainstream American life.

Product Description: The program guide provides the rationale and background for the PACT approach. It shows how to plan and establish violence prevention groups, details the training procedures, addresses parent involvement, and includes evaluation forms and checklists...read more

Product Description: Camille O. Cosby presents a startling examination of how young African-Americans are dramatically impacted by the pervasive negative images of their culture that are regularly portrayed on television. Dr. Cosby shows how American media establishments have engineered a climate of ignorance and disenfranchisement by fostering misinformation and indifference...read more

Product Description: Camille O. Cosby presents a startling examination of how young African-Americans are dramatically impacted by the pervasive negative images of their culture that are regularly portrayed on television. Dr. Cosby shows how American media establishments have engineered a climate of ignorance and disenfranchisement by fostering misinformation and indifference...read more