TY - BOOK AU - Roorda,Rhonda M. TI - In their voices: black Americans on transracial adoption SN - 9780231540483 AV - HV875 .I584 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Interracial adoption KW - United States KW - Adoptees KW - Family relationships KW - African Americans KW - Race identity KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Foreword; by Leon W. Chestang --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: moving beyond the controversy of the transracial adoption of black and biracial children --; 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 --; 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 --; 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 DN/BE Apparel --; Conclusion --; Afterword --; Appendix: multicultural adoption plan --; Notes --; References; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1094868&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -