Repairing the breach : key ways to support family life, reclaim our streets, and rebuild civil society in America's communities : report of the National Task Force on African-American Men and Boys, Andrew J. Young, chairman / editor, Bobby William Austin.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	National Task Force on African-American Men and Boys NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Young, Andrew, 1932- Austin, Bobby William
Language:	English
Published:	Dillon, Colo. : Alpine Guild, [1996], ©1996.
Subjects:	United States. Electronic books. African American men. African American boys. African American families. Community development > United States. Social action > United States.
Genre:	Electronic books.
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Physical Description:	288 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Prologue
A profile of African-American males
Emerging themes and major recommendations
Polis: a renewed concept of community
Civic storytelling and public kinship
Grassroots civic leadership: taking charge in communities
Creating common good: a new democratic process for empowering the African-American community
Restoring community
Civic dialogue
Youth, violence, and the global context
Repairers of the breach, restorers of the streets to dwell in: an integrated plan of action
Appendices: I. Statements by leaders of the task force
II. In their own words: dialogue with task force members
III. Historical background
IV. African-American men and boys projects
V. Selected speeches presented to the task force
VI. A national dialogue of women leaders on African-American males
VII. The state of human development.