My Culture, My Color, My Self: Heritage, Resilience, and Community in the Lives of Young Adults

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My Culture, My Color, My Self Toby S. Jenkins My Culture, My Color, My Self Heritage, Resilience, and Community in the Lives of Young Adults temple university press philadelphia TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 www.temple.edu/tempress Copyright © 2013 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 2013 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jenkins, Toby S. (Toby Susann), 1975– My culture, my color, my self : heritage, resilience, and community in the lives of young adults / Toby S. Jenkins. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4399-0829-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4399-0830-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4399-0831-0 (e-book) 1. African American youth—History. 2. African Americans—History. I. Title. E185.86.J46 2013 305.896'0730842—dc23 2012025883 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 To my mother and father for building a beautiful and rich cultural world for us ...