An exhaustively researched history of black families in America from the days of slavery until just after the Civil War.

Misunderstood and stereotyped, the black family in America has been viewed by some as pathologically weak while others have acclaimed its resilience and strengt

Most studies of Black families have had a `problem focus', offering a narrow view of important issues such as out-of-wedlock births, single-parent families and

This book describes and documents the existence of the black helping tradition, and offers a theory regarding its origin, development, and decline. The book is