In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption, Rhonda M. Roorda

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The instance In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption, Rhonda M. Roorda represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.

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In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption, Rhonda M. Roorda

Title remainder

Black Americans on transracial adoption

Statement of responsibility

Rhonda M. Roorda

Instantiates

• In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption

Publication

• New York, Columbia University Press, 2015

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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volume

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Foreword / by Leon W. Chestang -- Preface -- Introduction: moving beyond the controversy of the transracial adoption of black and biracial children -- Jim Crow era (1877-1954) -- Evelyn Rhodes, great grandmother and matriarch -- W. Wilson Goode Sr., first black mayor of Philadelphia (1984-92) -- Cyril C. Pinder, mentor and former national football league player -- Civil rights era (1955-72) -- Arthur E. McFarlane II, great grandson of W.E.B. du Bois and advocate for the preservation of cultural heritage -- Lora Kay (pseudonym), principal of a charter school in Washington, D.C -- Chester Jackson, professional adoption worker and adoptive father -- Henry Allen, professor of sociology -- Post-civil rights era (1973-present) -- Vershawn A. Young, author and scholar -- Michelle M. Hughes, adoption attorney and adoptive mother -- Mahisha Dellinger, CEO and founder of Curls -- Deneta Howland Sells, physician and civil rights advocate -- Tabitha, child welfare bureau chief -- Bryan Post, CEO of the Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy and adoptee -- Shilease Hofmann, spouse of a transracial adoptee -- Chelsey Hines, foster care alumna and transracial adoptee -- Demetrius Walker, entrepreneur and cofounder of the dN/BE Apparel -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: multicultural adoption plan

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ocn907060358

Dimensions

24 cm

Extent

xxiv, 322 pages

Isbn

9780231172202

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2015011197

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• n

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u217514

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• (Sirsi) i9780231172219
• (OCoLC)907060358