DOCUMENT RESUME ED 285 928 UD 025 682 AUTHOR Hale-Benson, Janice, Ed. TITLE Conference on the Black Family,Proceedings (Cleveland, Ohio, September25-28, 1985). SPONS AGENCY Case Western Reserve Univ.,Cleveland, Ohio. School of Applied Social Sciences.;Cleveland Foundation, Ohio.; Cleveland State Univ.,Ohio. Coll. of Education. PUB DATE 25 Sep 85 NOTE 143p.; Also sponsored by the OlivetInstitutional Baptist Church, Cleveland,OH, the City of Cleveland and the United Way Services ofCleveland. For related document, see UD 025 683. PUB TYPE Collected Works- Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Black Community; *Black Family;*Blacks; Early Parenthood; Elementary SecondaryEducation; *Family Life; *Family Role; Health;Males; Parent Child Relationship; Socialization;*Sociocultural Patterns; Urban Problems ABSTRACT The keynote speeches andpapers presented at the 1985 conference on the black familyare collected in this document. Titles (and authors) relatingto the conference theme, "Weare neither motherless, fatherless,nor childless--we are family,": (1) "The Black Family" (Andrew Billingsley);(2) "Black Men's Perceptionsof Their Problems: Implications for the Family" (Lawrence E. Gary);(3) "Project ADEPT as an ApproachToward the Prevention ofTeenage Pregnancy" (James C. Young); (4)"The Conspiracy To Destroy Black Boys" (Jawanza Kunjufu);(5). "The Case for the BladkMale: A Rebuttal to the Case Against the Black Male" (CharlesV. Willie); (6) "Black Male/Female Relationships" (RobertStaples); (7) "Populationor People: Setting Up the World forOur Children" (Asa G. Hilliard, III); (8) "The Black Child"(Jean Childs Young); (9)"The Black Woman" (Anne H. Grant); (10) "The Black Family" (Arthur Thomas);(11) "Spirituality: An EssentialComponent of Black Family Development" (Cindy Beard Tappan); (12) "ThePortrayal of the Black Familyon Religious and Secular TelevisionProgramming: A Comparative Analysis" (Robert Abelman); (13) "Social SkillDevelopment of Black Children: The Family's Role (Gwendolyn Cartledge);(14) "Choosing Quality Child Day Care for the Black Child" (SharonR. Blue); (15) "Black Families and Older Child Adoptions: Characteristics,Success Rates, and Use of Supports" (Ellen E. Pinderhughes);(16) "Communication Developmentof the Birth to Three Year Old Child:The Role of the Parent" (Patricia G. Maclntyre, Deanna G. Laurence);(17) "The Black Female Single Parent" (Diane Elliott); (18)"The Pregnant Teenager: A National Catastrophe" (Lolita M. McDavid,Raynorda F. Brown); (19) "AStudy of Black Urban Families DuringPregnancy in a Medical Setting" (Antonnette V. Graham, KennethG. Reeb, Gay Kitson, Mary Ann Weber); (20) "Marriage asa Process: A Blueprint for Success" (Reginald Blue); (21) "Women and the C. New World Order" (Kathleen Geathers);(22) "Cancer Awareness and Preventionin the Black Community" (Vickie Campbell, Joyce Lee); (23)"Controlling the Devastating Effectsof Hypertension in the Black Family"(Joyce Lae); and (24) "Social .Service and Health Career.Networking;A Model for Long-Term Hypertension Tracking in Black Family Target Populations"(Francine P. Hekelman, Charlene A. Walker,L. A. Retallick). (KR) .......41111...- "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTEDBY U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research andImprovement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality, ' INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)" Points of view or opinions stet ed In I his docu- ment do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. CONFERENCE ON THE BLACK FAMILY PROCEEDINGS Janice Hale-Benson, Ph.D. Rev. Otis Moss, Jr. D.D. Associate Professor Pastor Early Childhood Education Olivet Institutional Baptist Church Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio Olivet Institutional Baptist Church College of Education, Cleveland State University City of Cleveland School of Ai., ailed Social Sciences Case Westerr "").eserve University United Way Sices of Cleveland The Cleveland' 4ation Honorary Chairpersons: George L Forbes, President, Cleveland City Council Richard McArdle, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education, CSU September 25-28, 1985 iii Honorary Chairpersons GeorgeLForbes, Esq. Richard Mc Ards, Ph.D. President Dean Cleveland City Council College of Education Cleveland State University I Am The Black Child I am special, ridicule cannot sway me I am strong, obstacles cannot stop me I hold my head high, proudly proclaiming my uniqueness I hold my pace, continuing forward through adversity I am proud of my culture and my heritage I am confident that I can achieve my every goal I am becoming all that I can be I am the back child, I am a child of God. Mychal Wynn 4 Contents Rev. Otis Moss, Jr. Foreword vii Janice Hale-Benson Preface ix Part I: Keynote Speeches .xiv Andrew Bliingsley The Black Family 1 Lawrence E. Gary Black Men's.Perceptions of Their Problems: Implications for the Family 6 James C. Young Project ADEPT As An Approach Toward The Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy 14 Jawanza Kunjufu The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys 20 Charles V. Wife The Case for the Black Male: A Rebuttal to the Case Against the Black Male 26 Robert Staples Black Male/Female Relationships 31 Asa G. Hilliard, III Population or People: Setting Up the World for Our Children 36 Jean Childs Young The Black Child 44 Anne H. Grant The Black Woman 49 Arthur Thomas The Black Family . 54 Part II: Papers Presented 59 1.Religion and the Black Family 60 Cindy Beard Tappan Spirituality: An Essential Component of Black Family Development 61 Robert Abelman The Portrayal of the Black Family on Religious and Secular Television Programming: A Comparative Analysis 67 II. The Black Family and Its Children 77 Gwendolyn Cartledge Social Skill Development of Black Children: The Family's Role 78 Sharon R. Blue Choosing Quality Child Day Care for the Black Child 84 Ellen E. Pinderhughes Black Families and Older Child Adoptions: Characteristics, SuccessRates, and Use of Supports 89 Patricia G. Macintyre, Deanna G. Laurence Communication Development of the Birth to Three Year Old Child: TheRole of the Parent 96 Diane Elliott The Black Female Single Parent 99 III. Black Family and Pregnancy 102 Lolita M. NIcDavid, Raynorda F. Brown The Pregnant Teenager: A National Catastrophe 103 Antonnette V. Graham, Kenneth G. Reeb, Gay Kitson, Mary Ann Weber A Study of Black Urban Families During Pregnancy in a Medical Setting 107 IV. Black Women and Men 113 Reginald C. Blue Marriage as a Process: A Blueprint for Success 114 Kathleen Geathers Wornsn and the New World Order 117 V. Black Familif Health 120 Vickie Campbell, Joyce Lee Cancer Awareness and Prevention in the Black Community 121 Joyce Lee Controlling the Devastating Effects of Hypertension in the Black Family 125 Francine P. Hekelman, Charlene A. Walker, L.A. Retallick Social Service and Health Care Networking: A Model for Long-Term Hypertension Tracking In Black Family TargetPopulations 128 6 vii internally within the household of the oppressor, the third is broadly scattered throughout society with the consequence of collective decadence. If we, the oppressed, save and enhanceour family, we will lift the moral quality of all families witha redeeming and transforming quality whose impact will stretch far beyond our time and space. The family of Desmond Tutu is the civilizing and critical factor for the family of Pieter Botha, the family of Frederick Douglass was the moral standard for his for- mer slave holder, the family of Nelson and Winnie Mandella is a spiritual model for all of South Africa. A few years ago I was a keynote speaker at Vanderbilt University at a conference convened by the late Kelly Miller Smith, Associate Dean of the Divinity School of Vanderbilt University. The conference theme The Reverend Otis Jr., D.D. was: "The Black Male in Religious Context." The focus Pastor and Chairman of my presentation was, "Genetics may Determine Gen- der but Agenda Determines the Quality of Manhood and Womanhood." Profile of The Reverend Otis Moss, Jr. Dr. Howard Thurman said to. me at a critical mo- Rev. Otis Moss, Jr. is the Pastor of Olivet Institu- ment in my life, "Whatever determines how you feelon tional Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. He has been the inside can control your life." Whoever (or whatever) directly involved in the civil rights movement as a reli- controls the BLACK FAMILY AGENDA will interpretour gious leader and community activist for over twenty past, control our present and direct our future. We years. He espouses the non-violent approach for ef- have convened this Conference on the Black Family in fecting social and political change. Ph!osophically, he order that we might share in the composition ofan has a strong bond to Mahatma Ghandi and Dr. Martin agenda of survival and arrival at our highest potential, Luther King, Jr. He has extended his ministry beyond along lines of excellence with the redeeming qualities what some consider the traditional bounds of church of faith, hope and love. and state. We must develop an agenda whose substance He is known as a popular lecturer on college and purpose will produce an atmosphere that pro- campuses and preacher in pulpits throughout the claims and actualizes the concept that we belong to world. Among his many honors are that hewas named each other. We are neither Motherless, Fatherless, by Ebony Magazine in 1984 as one of America's 15 Childless nor Friendless We Are Family. greatest preachers. He has numerous publications and sermons that are included in several anthologies. We have convened this conference around the principle that "We belong to each other," and in this in- Among his service to numerous civic and religiousor- ganizations he is presently serving as National terdependence, The Black Family and The Black Church are the unifying and stabilizing forces for strug- Chairman of Operation PUSH, Member of the Board of gle, stride and fulfillment. Trustees of Morehouse College, and National Board Member and Trustee of the Martin Luther King, Jr., In the Old Testament tradition the family is the Center for Social Change.