Children of the Dream: The Psychology of Black Success [Paperback]

Audrey Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 1993

Edwards and Polite focus on African American baby-boomers who have grown up possessing something no generation of African Americans has ever before experienced--entitlement. Surprising and often controversial, this groundbreaking book stands as vivid testimony to the increasingly complex world in which African Americans strive to succeed.

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From Publishers Weekly

This upbeat report discusses 41 African Americans in positions of power, relating inspiring success stories, though giving only sketchy support for the composite psychological profile of the black achiever that the authors present.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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In his "I have a dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned "his children living in a nation not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Edwards, an editor for Essence magazine, and Polite, a New York psychologist, portray how success has been achieved by the post-Civil Rights era "integration generation." Forty-one personal vignettes describe African American success in a wide variety of occupations, with athletics and entertainment excluded. Among issues discussed are integration, emotional/psychic damages, adaptive skills, and ten characteristics of successful black Americans are identified. Edwards and Polite assert, "one of the great burdens of black success has been the contradiction, not much is expected, therefore everything is demanded." Recommended for public and academic libraries.
- Michael A. Lutes, Univ. of Notre Dame Lib., Ind.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Anchor (February 3, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385242697
• ISBN-13: 978-0385242691
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,987,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Inspiring Read, March 1, 2008

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This review is from: Children of the Dream: The Psychology of Black Success (Paperback)

My mother bought this book when I was a child. She read it to me so that I would believe that I could accomplish anything in a world that is often hostile to people of color. I now read this book as an adult for inspiration when the going gets rough. Thank you for many years of inspiration.