In Their Voices : : Black Americans on Transracial Adoption / / Rhonda Roorda.

• VerfasserIn: Roorda, Rhonda,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

While many proponents of transracial adoption claim that American society is increasingly becoming "color-blind," a growing body of research reveals that for transracial adoptees of all backgrounds, racial identity does matter. Rhonda M. Roorda elaborates significantly on that finding, spe...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Moving Beyond the Controversy of the Transracial Adoption of Black and Biracial Children
• PART I. Jim Crow Era (1877–1954)
• Evelyn Rhodes, great grandmother and matriarch
• W. Wilson Goode Sr., first black mayor of Philadelphia (1984–92)
• Cyril C. Pinder, mentor and former National Football League player
• PART II. Civil Rights Era (1955–72)
• Arthur E. McFarlane II, great grandson of W. E. B. Du Bois and advocate for the preservation of cultural heritage
• Lora Kay (pseudonym), principal of a charter school in Washington, D.C.
• Chester Jackson, professional adoption worker and adoptive father
• Henry Allen, professor of sociology
• PART III. Post–Civil Rights Era (1973–Present)
• Vershawn A. Young, author and scholar
• Michelle M. Hughes, adoption attorney and adoptive mother
• Mahisha Dellinger, CEO and founder of Curls
• Deneta Howland Sells, physician and civil rights advocate
• Tabitha, child welfare bureau chief
• Bryan Post, CEO of the Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy and adoptee
• Shilease Hofmann, spouse of a transracial adoptee
• Chelsey Hines, foster care alumna and transracial adoptee
• Demetrius Walker, entrepreneur and cofounder of the dNIBE Apparel
• Conclusion
• Afterword
• Appendix: Multicultural Adoption Plan
• Notes
• References