"In this collection of essays, nineteen writers discuss various aspects of parenting their daughters, including birth, marriage, gender differences in child development, mixed racial heritage, divorce, the daughter's first boyfriend, racism, depression, the Recovered Memory movement and false allegations of sexual abuse, foreign adoption, and more" -- provided by publisher.

Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields providing coverage of names found in today's headlines as well as selected individuals from earlier in this century whose influence continues to have an impact on contemporary life.