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from top publications available through your library. Over the
years, countless scholarly works have been written about the
African-American experience. In addition to examining the
African-American's place in American history, some scholars have
taken special interest in the black family, black youth, and
black urban life (Billingsley, 1968; Frazier, 1939; Glasgow,
1980; Glick & Mills, 1974; Gutman, 1976; Hill, 1973; Moynihan,
1965; Wilson, 1987). As early as 1908, W. E. B. DuBois wrote The
Negro American Family and, years before that, described black
life in the city of Philadelphia (1899). Since that time, except
for that of a handful of scholars, interest in these subjects
has waxed and waned, invariably increasing after incidents of
urban unrest and turmoil such as the riots of the 1960s. The
most recent riot, occurring in Los Angeles in May 1992, and
escalating incidences of senseless urban violence have combined
to renew scholarly, as well as