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African American Families

By: Chalandra M. Bryant
In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:African American mothers; African Americans; African-American families; Americans; birth rate; racial discrimination; slavery

Identifying a definition of family that can be agreed upon by everyone can be challenging—so challenging that many family studies textbooks often point out that the term is defined in as many ways as there are cultural contexts. Ask anyone to ...

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  Bryant, C. (2014). African american families. In M. J. Coleman, & L. H. Ganong (Eds.), The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 44-47). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n21
  
  Bryant, Chalandra M. "African American Families." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 44-47. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n21.
  
  Bryant, C. 2014. African American Families. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 44-47 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n21> [Accessed 12 May 2021].
  
  Bryant, Chalandra M. "African American Families." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 44-47. SAGE Knowledge. 12 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n21.
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