Foreword by Tryphenia B. Peele and Michele Foster
I. Introduction
II. Multiculturalism Re-examined
1. What Does It Mean? Exploring the Myths of Multiculturalism
Natalie G. Adams
2. Race, Gender, and Class Oppression: The Role of Multicultural Education
Harriet Walker
3. Understanding Persons with Disabilities
Annette Jackson-Lowery
III. African American Students in Secondary Schools
4. Lisa's Quiet Fight: School Structure and African American Adolescent Females
Jill Harrison
5. Nonsynchrony at the Secondary Level: Impediments to the Pursuit of Higher Education
Janie Simmons
6. The Miseducation of African Americans in Public High Schools
Debbie Maddux
7. Cultural/Racial Diversity in the School: A Case Study in a High School English Class
Jeff Gagne
8. The Voices behind the Faces: What Listening to Students Can Teach Teachers
Amy M. Zganjar
IV. Women in Higher Education
9. Women in Higher Education?
Laura Davis
10. Sailing Against the Wind: African American Women, Higher Education, and Power
Gwendolyn E. Snearl
11. I Am Woman. Hear Me Roar ... After Class ... in the Hall: Institutional Satisfaction among Older Women Students: The Conflict between Research and Reality
Diane Sistrunk
V. African American Students in Higher Education
12. Black Students on White Campuses: Overcoming the Isolation
Sandy E. Aubert
13. African American Athletes at Predominantly White Universities
Janis Simms
14. Ethnic/Cultural Centers on Predominantly White Campuses: Are They Necessary?
Stuart Johnson
15. Black and White Athletes at Universities: Living in Two Different Worlds
Michael Garrett
References
About the Editor
Contributors
Index