Family and Community: Self-Help--A Black Tradition.

Height, Dorothy

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ERIC Number: EJ403300

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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Family and Community: Self-Help--A Black Tradition.

Height, Dorothy

The Nation, v249 n4 p136-38 Jul 24 1989

Traces the tradition of self-help in the Black community from the slave era through the contemporary civil rights movement. Contrasts the nontraditional female-headed extended Black family with that of the traditional male-headed nuclear White family. Discusses community-based self-help programs for Black families developed by the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). (FMW)

Descriptors: Black Family, Black Organizations, Community Programs, Family Structure, Mothers, Parent Role, Program Descriptions, Self Help Programs, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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