Through Our Eyes: African American Men's Experiences of Race, Gender, and Violence

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adolescence, 57, 65, 144 African American men, 1–4, 6–10, 13–15, 17–20, 23–26, 30, 31, 230. See also black men African American women, 10, 12–14, 26, 202, 219. See also black women agency, 1, 9, 23, 84, 137 anger, 19, 21, 35, 47, 58, 62–66, 68, 75, 84–85, 95, 101, 103, 108, 110–111, 153, 160, 191, 207, 220 armed robbery, 17, 82, 147–150, 156–158, 161, 176 arrests, 27, 47, 62, 160, 166, 171, 173, 200 Ashurst-Sumners Act, 142 assault, 47, 62, 64, 70, 75, 104, 109, 111, 117, 119–120, 122, 151–152, 154, 157, 159, 167. See also physical fights Bederman, Gail, 18 Belafonte, Harry, 4 black men, 1, 4–7, 9, 11–14, 16–20, 23–25, 31, 50, 90, 140–142, 144, 193, 210, 223–224. See also African American men Black Panthers, 96, 113, 116, 128–131, 133–134, 136 Black Power movements, 22, 31, 89, 194 black protests, 3, 4; Memphis garbage workers’ strike, 3–4; Million Man March, 8–12 black women, 10, 12–14, 202, 219. See also African American women Blyden, Edward, 18 Booker, Christopher, 16, 19 boyhood: Bobby, 52–57; Daniel, 41–44; Jaime, 78–83; John, 37–41, 65–68; Matt, 48–52, 74; Richard, 44–48, 62–65; Robert, 71–74; Thomas, 69–71 bullying, 32, 54–55, 73, 123, 218 Bush, George W., 190 Carter, Jimmy, 138–140, 142, 188 children, 27, 30–31, 49, 54, 61, 72, 196, 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212–214, 223–225 Civil Rights Movement, 7, 13, 22, 60, 68 Cold War, 60, 86, 88–89, 138–139, 188 Collins, Patricia Hill, 18–19 Commission on Human Rights, 59 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), 189–190 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 35 Convention People’s Party (CPP), 87 criminal justice system, 6, 17; jail, 62, 98–99, 134, 159–161, 166, 171, 178, 196, 200, 217; police, 17, 47, 75, 81, 96, 98, 102, 133–134, 156, 158, 160, 166, 173, 196, 200; trial, 62, 161, 176. See also prisons Dalton, Harlon L., 8 De Lauretis, Teresa, 22 Douglass, Frederick, 9 247 Index drugs: addiction, 103, 108, 172, 196–197; sale of, 103–105, 108, 148, 150, 152–154, 171, 179, 199; use of, 80–82, 103, 105, 107–108, 197 Du Bois, W.E.B., 59, 62, 87, 129, 141 education, 96, 100, 193; college, 27, 30, 33, 83, 92, 94, 97, 99, 126, 128, 130, 132–133, 144, 147, 193–194, 196, 208, 213, 215–219, 221–223; schools, 63, 67, 69–74, 79–81, 83, 90–91, 94, 111–112, 114–115, 124, 126, 193, 218, 223; teachers, 63, 69–74, 79, 112, 126, 129 Executive Order 8802, 35 Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC), 35 Farrakhan, Minister Louis, 9–11 father, 21, 30, 32–33, 38–39, 41, 57, 68–69, 72, 74, 79, 90, 92, 211–212, 214, 226 Fifth Pan-African Congress, 87 Five Percent Nation, 64 gangs, 29, 31–32, 81–83, 102–104, 112–116, 167, 180, 194; violence of, 102, 114 gender: oppression, 4–5, 7, 10–11, 14, 136; relations, 2, 7–9, 61, 71, 78, 89, 120–122, 230 Geneva Peace Accords, 88 Harlow, Roxanna, 232 Harris, Luke Charles, 11 hate, 28, 47, 62, 64–65, 111, 165 Honneth, Axel, 24 hooks, bell, 18–19 Hutchinson, Darren, 12 identity: racial, 37, 61, 69, 76, 80, 111–112, 132; gender, 37, 52, 81, 100 incarceration: Jaime, 160–164; Matt, 173–185; Richard, 109, 150–153, 166–170 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 138–139 intimate relationships, 81, 82, 103–104, 115, 153, 160–164, 195–197, 203, 207, 213, 223 Jackson, Jesse, 192 Jim Crow segregation, 22, 30, 34–35, 60, 67 Johnson, Lyndon B., 88 Justice System Improvement Act of 1979, 142 Karenga, Ron, 130, 134 King, Coretta Scott, 191 King, Martin Luther Jr., 4, 12–13, 97–99, 101, 139, 192 Korean War, 28, 44, 50 Lemelle, Anthony J., 7, 16, 143 life history interviews, 1, 3, 22, 25–26 Lowery, Joseph, 191 manhood, 2–3, 10–11, 13, 18–20, 22, 44, 50, 52, 57, 90, 101, 112, 120, 137, 171, 214–215, 220, 223–226. See also masculinity Marable, Manning, 192 marriage, 22, 27, 31, 36, 44, 46, 48, 50, 72, 74, 154, 195–196, 202–204, 206–208, 213–214, 217, 220, 223, 225 masculinity, 2, 10, 18, 20, 37, 48, 52, 55...