The books listed below are considered to be excellent resources for anyone interested in understanding African American children and families, including those children and families involved in this nation's child welfare system. While this list is not exhaustive, the resources listed are viewed by many as the leading books written by and about African American children and families. We welcome your comments, as well as your recommendations for additional books to feature on this page.
(Please Note: Books are listed in alphabetical order, by author's last name.)
Does Family Preservation Serve a Child's Best Interest?
by Howard Alstein & Ruth G. McRoy (Authors)
Publisher: Georgetown University Press; Washington, DC
Copyright: 2000
African American Social Workers and Social Policy
by Tricia Bent-Goodley (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.; New York
Copyright: 2003
Children of the Storm: Black Children and American Child Welfare
by Andrew Billingsley & Jeanne M. Giovannoni (Authors)
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; New York
Copyright: 1972
Relatives Raising Children: An Overview of Kinship Care
by Joseph Crumbley & Robert L. Little (Authors)
Publisher: Child Welfare League of Amerca Press; Washington, DC
Copyright: 1997
Child Welfare: An Africentric Perspective
by Joyce E. Everett, Sandra S. Chipungu & Bogart R. Leashore (Editors)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; New Brunswick, NJ
Copyright: 1997
Kinship Care: Improving Practice Through Research
by James P. Gleeson & Creasie F. Hairston (Editors)
Publisher: Child Welfare League of America Press; Washington, DC
Copyright: 1999
The Strengths of Black Families
by Robert B. Hill (Author)
Publisher: University Press of America; Lanham, MD
Copyright: 1972
The Strengths of African American Families: Twenty-Five Years Later
by Robert B. Hill (Author)
Publisher: University Press of America; Lanham, MD
Copyright: 1999
Serving African American Children: Child Welfare Perspective
by Sondra Jackson & Sheryl Brissett-Chapman (Editors)
Publisher: Transaction Publishers; New Brunswick, NJ
Copyright: 1999
Special Needs Adoptions: Practice Issues
by Ruth McRoy (Editor)
Publisher: Garland Publishing, Inc.; New York
Copyright: 1999
With Heart and Hand: The Black Church Working to Save Black Children
by Susan D. Newman (Author)
Publisher: Judson Press; Valley Forge, PA
Copyright: 1995
Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare
by Dorothy Roberts (Author)
Publisher: Basic Civitas Books; New York
Copyright: 2001
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