Research has shown that African American adolescents are not being prepared to enter the workforce at the same rates as adolescents from other ethnic groups. While educational and career options were unavailable to African Americans in previous eras, today educational and career opportunities abound, yet many young African Americans are not in a position to take advantage of these opportunities (Walsh, Bingham, Brown, & Ward, 2001). Various theories have been proposed to help us understand the reasons that many African Americans are still undereducated and underemployed. Additionally, researchers have found evidence that African American adolescents perceive both subtle and overt discrimination in their classrooms and social environments, causing them to lose confidence in their abilities and limit their consideration of specific career options (Brown, 1995; Gainor & Lent, 1998; Hackett & Byars, 1996; Ogbu, 1991). This study examined African American adolescents' perceived parent support for the four sources of self-efficacy information hypothesized by Bandura and for their efficacy in four areas: career planning and exploration, knowledge of self and others, career decision-making, and school-to-career transitions. Results indicate that the primary predictor of girls' self-efficacy was their parents' emotional support and of boys" self-efficacy was their parents' career-related modeling. Discussion focuses on the National Model for Comprehensive School Counseling.