Climbing Jacob's Ladder The Enduring Legacies of African-American Families
, by Billingsley, Andrew- ISBN: 9780671677091 | 0671677098
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/25/1994
To help the reader understand the African-American family in its broad historical, social, and cultural context, the author traces the rich history of the black family from its roots in Africa, through slavery, Reconstruction, the Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to the present.