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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED285928 AUTHOR: Hale Benson, Janice, Ed.


TITLE: Conference on the Black Family, Proceedings
(Cleveland, Ohio, September 25-28, 1985).

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1985
NOTE: 143 p.; Also sponsored by the Olivet Institutional
Baptist Church, Cleveland, OH, the City of Cleveland and
the United Way Services of Cleveland. For related document,
see UD 025 683.

ABSTRACT: The keynote speeches and papers presented at the
1985 conference on the black family are collected in this
document. Titles (and authors) relating to the conference
theme, "We are neither motherless, fatherless, nor
childless -we are family,": (1) "The Black Family" (Andrew
Billingsley); (2) "Black Men's Perceptions of Their
Problems: Implications for the Family" (Lawrence E. Gary);
(3) "Project ADEPT as an Approach Toward the Prevention of
Teenage Pregnancy" (James C. Young); (4) "The Conspiracy To
Destroy Black Boys" (Jawanza Kunjufu); (5) "The Case for
the Black Male: A Rebuttal to the Case Against the Black
Male" (Charles V. Willie); (6) "Black Male/Female
Relationships" (Robert Staples); (7) "Population or People:
Setting Up the World for Our Children" (Asa G. Hilliard,
III); (8) "The Black Child" (Jean Childs Young); (9) "The
Black Woman" (Anne H. Grant); (10) "The Black Family"
(Arthur Thomas); (11) "Spirituality: An Essential Component
of Black Family Development" (Cindy Beard Tappan); (12)
"The Portrayal of the Black Family on Religious and Secular
Television Programming: A Comparative Analysis" (Robert
Abelman); (13) "Social Skill Development of Black Children:
The Family's Role (Gwendolyn Cartledge); (14) "Choosing
Quality Child Day Care for the Black Child" (Sharon R.
Blue); (15) "Black Families and Older Child Adoptions:
Characteristics, Success Rates, and Use of Supports" (Ellen
E. Pinderhughes); (16) "Communication Development of the
Birth to Three Year Old Child: The Role of the Parent"
(Patricia G. MacIntyre, Deanna G. Laurence); (17) "The
Black Female Single Parent" (Diane Elliott); (18) "The
Pregnant Teenager: A National Catastrophe" (Lolita M.
McDavid, Raynorda F. Brown); (19) "A Study of Black Urban
Families During Pregnancy in a Medical Setting" (Antonnette
V. Graham, Kenneth G. Reeb, Gay Kitson, Mary Ann Weber);
(20) "Marriage as a Process: A Blueprint for Success"
(Reginald C. Blue); (21) "Women and the New World Order"
(Kathleen Geathers); (22) "Cancer Awareness and Prevention
in the Black Community" (Vickie Campbell, Joyce Lee); (23)
"Controlling the Devastating Effects of Hypertension in the
Black Family" (Joyce Lee); and (24) "Social Service and
Health Career Networking: A Model for Long-Term
Hypertension Tracking in Black Family Target Populations"
(Francine P. Hekelman, Charlene A. Walker, L. A.
Retallick). (KH)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Black-Community; Early-Parenthood;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Health-; Males-; Parent
Child-Relationship; Socialization-; Urban-Problems
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Family; *Blacks-; *Family-Life;
*Family-Role; *Sociocultural-Patterns

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