Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword: Strong Men Keep A-Comin On
Part I. Facing the Situation of Young Black Men in Inner Cities
	Chapter 1. Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male
	Chapter 2. David’s Story: From Promise to Despair
	Chapter 3. Young, Black, and Male: The Life History of an American Drug Dealer Facing Death Row
Part II. Structural Analyses of Joblessness Among Black Youth
	Chapter 4. The Economic Plight of Inner-City Black Males
	Chapter 5. Blacklisted: Hiring Discrimination in an Era of Mass Incarceration
	Chapter 6. The Effects of Immigration on the Economic Position of Young Black Males
	Chapter 7. Immigration and Equal Opportunity
Part III. Engaging Urban Youth in Social Institutions
	Chapter 8. Youth Entrepreneurship Training in the Inner City: Overcoming Disadvantage, Engaging Youth in School
	Chapter 9. Black Male Students and Reflections on Learning and Teaching
	Chapter 10. Fighting like a Ballplayer: Basketball as a Strategy Against Social Disorganization
	Chapter 11. “Tell us how it feels to be a problem”: Hip Hop Longings and Poor Young Black Men
Part IV. Social Policy Matters
	Chapter 12. Social Issues Lurking in the Over-Representation of Young African American Men in the Expanding DNA Databases
	Chapter 13. “You can take me outta the ’hood, but you can’t take the ’hood outta me”: Youth Incarceration and Reentry
	Chapter 14. Suicide Patterns Among Black Males
	Chapter 15. Why Are Handguns So Accessible on Urban Streets?
	Chapter 16. What Do We Do Now? Toward a Brighter Future for Young African American Men
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments