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An Overview of Tennessee State Legislation Affecting Violence Prevention
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 6, Number 2, 1995
- pp. 262-266
- 10.1353/hpu.2010.0612
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Homicide is the number one cause of death among African American youth, both male and female. Largely to blame for Black-on-Black violence is the sense of alienation our youth feel from society. To counter this phenomenon of violence it is essential to empower youth. Through education and community-based programs we can draw them away from the materialistic to the realistic. By banding together as mentors to our youth we can provide them with a sense of history and heritage, and thereby equip them with the self-identity originating from self-respect.