Free at Last?: Black America in the Twenty-first Century

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Black Middle-Class: Progress, Prospects, and Puzzles -- 2 The Mesh: Democracy and Captivity -- 3 "Two Warring Ideals": Double Consciousness,Dialogue, and African American Patriotism Post-9/11 -- 4 Closets are for Clothes: Tearing Down Boundaries to Freedom for Black American Sexual Minorities -- 5 Clear and Present Dangers: Health Disparities in the African American Community -- 6 African American HIV/AIDS and Social Institutions:New Realities Calling for New Policies -- 7 The Color Line of American Politics: The Vying Ideologies of Blacks and Whites -- 8 "The Alpha and Omega of Our People": A Sociological Examination of the Promise and Problems of the Contemporary Black Church -- 9 "White is Right": The Utilization of an Improper Ontological Perspective in Analyses of Black Experiences -- 10 Black Identity Constructions: Inserting Intersectionality, Bisexuality, and (Afro-) Latinidad into Black Studies -- 11 "The Same Old Danger/But a Brand New Pleasure":The Black Arts Movement in the Twenty-First Century -- 12 Sheep and Goats Together: Interracial Relationships from Black Men's Perspectives -- 13 Cities in the New Millennium: Environmental Justice,the Spatialization of Race, and Anti-Urbanism -- 14 Participatory Action Research and Social Justice:Keys to Freedom for Street Life Oriented Black Men -- List of Contributors -- Index