Most important, the book offers specific and inspiring examples of the practices, attitudes, and parenting strategies that have enabled these women to persevere and triumph.įor parents, educators, policy makers, and indeed all those concerned about the education of young African American women, Overcoming the Odds is an invaluable guidebook on creating the conditions that lead to academic-and lifelong-success. They also discuss the challenges of moving into African American womanhood, from maintaining self-esteem to making the right choices about their professional and personal lives.

Based on interviews with many of these successful young women and their families, Overcoming the Odds provides a wealth of information about how and why they have succeeded-what motivates them, how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them, even how it feels to be a high academic achiever. 20 hours ago &0183 &32 Kentucky Derby entrant Forte works out at Churchill Downs Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. Yet despite these obstacles, some are performing at exceptional levels academically. Many live in single-parent households-either as the single-parent mother or as the daughter. Greif See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 4.19 - 4.69 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good 4.69 Good 4.19 Acceptable Unavailable New Unavailable See 1 Edition from 4. Statistics indicate that African American females, as a group, fare poorly in the United States. Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males by Freeman A. Now, in response to enormous demand, the authors turn their attention to African American young women. Beating the odds: Successful strategies to increase African American male participation in science December 2009 Authors: Freeman A Hrabowski University of Maryland, Baltimore County Kenneth.

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