Introduction / Joyce E. Everett
The demography of African American families and children in the twentieth century / Jacqueline Marie Smith
Institutional racism in child welfare / Robert B. Hill
The impact of child welfare policies on African American families / Sandra P. Chipungu
Informing the future of child welfare practices with African American families / Joyce O. Beckett and Nicole Lynn Lee
African American families in context / Melvin N. Wilson, LaKeesha N. Woods, and Gina R. Hyjjawi
Childrearing practices in African American families / Carmen P. Moten
Best practices in kinship care for African American mothers and their children / Marian Harris
Unwed African American fathers participation in child welfare permanency planning / Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. and Vaughn D. Bryant
Substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS and African American children / Joshua N. Okundaye, Claudia Lawrence-Webb, and Pamela Smith
An Africentric paradigm for child welfare practice / Crystal S. Mills and Debra Porchia Usher
Family preservation, neighborhood-based services / Alma J. Carten and James R. Dumpson
A culturally competent system of care for addressing mental health disparities in child welfare / Maxwell C. Manning
African American adoptions / Ruth G. McRoy
Conclusion: Still within our power.