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Peer reviewedSemmes, Clovis E. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1984
Describes health and nutritional practices and beliefs among Black Americans, from slavery to the present. Links such practices and beliefs to social, political, and ideological factors. (GC)
Descriptors: African Culture, Beliefs, Black Attitudes, Black Community
Peer reviewedWilliams, Walter E. – Society, 1990
Contends that the question of what Black Americans call themselves is a nonissue that diverts attention from larger problems without contributing to their solution. Traces widespread crime, poverty, educational failure, and institutional breakdown to the erosion of Black family and community values, and urges the reversal of this trend. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, African Culture, Black Community, Black Culture
