The next Black America: Obstacles amidst opportunities for Black families.

Am J Orthopsychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine.

Published: September 2015

In this article, the author offers personal accounts on how she feels about the current Black America and obstacles that people face reaching for opportunities for Black families. Focus relies on the current state of Black America, poverty, schools, academic achievement, raising children in the next Black America and much more. (PsycINFO Database Record

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