In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption / / Rhonda M. Roorda |
Autore | Roorda Rhonda M. <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.73408900973 |
Soggetto topico |
Interracial adoption - United States
Adoptees - Family relationships - United States African Americans - Race identity |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-54048-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moving Beyond the Controversy of the Transracial Adoption of Black and Biracial Children -- PART I. 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 -- PART II. 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 -- PART III. 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 dNIBE Apparel -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: Multicultural Adoption Plan -- Notes -- References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460371703321 |
Roorda Rhonda M. <1969->
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 | ||
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In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption / / Rhonda M. Roorda |
Autore | Roorda Rhonda M. <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.73408900973 |
Soggetto topico |
Interracial adoption - United States
Adoptees - Family relationships - United States African Americans - Race identity |
ISBN | 0-231-54048-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moving Beyond the Controversy of the Transracial Adoption of Black and Biracial Children -- PART I. 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 -- PART II. 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 -- PART III. 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 dNIBE Apparel -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: Multicultural Adoption Plan -- Notes -- References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797876103321 |
Roorda Rhonda M. <1969->
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In their voices : Black Americans on transracial adoption / / Rhonda M. Roorda |
Autore | Roorda Rhonda M. <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.73408900973 |
Soggetto topico |
Interracial adoption - United States
Adoptees - Family relationships - United States African Americans - Race identity |
ISBN | 0-231-54048-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Moving Beyond the Controversy of the Transracial Adoption of Black and Biracial Children -- PART I. 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 -- PART II. 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 -- PART III. 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 dNIBE Apparel -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: Multicultural Adoption Plan -- Notes -- References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815833403321 |
Roorda Rhonda M. <1969->
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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