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The Sky and the Forest
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Think on These Things
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Social Work With African American Males: Health, Mental Health, and Social Policy
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* Inscribed and SIGNED by Waldo E. Johnson on half title page. * Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked spine like new. * Jacket like new, slight shelf wear. * Proceeds benefit Friends of the Pleasant Hill Library. * "Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care." African American males have never fared as poorly as they do currently on a number of social indicators. They are less likely to complete high school than their white male and female or African American female peers, they are more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms, and they have fewer sanctioned coping strategies. Arguably, no other group in American society has been more maligned, regularly faced with tremendous odds that uniquely threaten their existence. When they do receive education, mental health, and physical health services, it is often in correctional settings. They are marginalized in public policies on secondary and higher education attainment, marriage and parental…
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