Overcoming the odds : raising academically successful African American young women / Freeman A. Hrabowski III [and others].
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780198029205
- 0198029209
- 1280655011
- 9781280655012
- 0195302060
- 9780195302066
- 0197561365
- 9780197561362
- Academic achievement -- United States
- African American women -- Education
- African American women -- Family relationships
- Education -- Parent participation -- United States
- Noires américaines -- Éducation
- Noires américaines -- Relations familiales
- Éducation -- Participation des parents -- États-Unis
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Children with Special Needs
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Learning Disabilities
- Academic achievement
- African American women -- Education
- Education -- Parent participation
- United States
- 649/.15796/073 22
- LC2731 .O94 2002eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.
1. Successful African American young women and their families -- 2. Mothers of academically successful daughters : the mothers' voices -- 3. Fathers of academically successful daughters : the fathers' voices -- 4. A diversity of family contexts : the daughters' voices -- 5. Parenting and educating for success in math and science : early childhood through college -- 6. Becoming a black woman : a closer look at personal, cultural, and emotional challenges -- 7. Raising successful African American young women : what we have learned.
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Despite many obstacles, some African-American women are performing at exceptional levels academically. This interview-based book provides information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates these women and how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them.
English.
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