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ERIC Number: EJ453887
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Focus on the African American Male: A Response.
Scales, Alice M.
Negro Educational Review, v43 n1-2 p22-27 Jan-Apr 1992
Addresses the problems of African-American males, and argues that a focus on high literacy for this population is an important strategy for addressing the crisis of education and incarceration. Suggests that literacy is essential to African-American males' participation in the economy. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Black Achievement, Black Community, Black Culture, Black Education, Black Influences, Black Students, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Achievement, Males
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue with title "The Plight of Black Males in America: The Agony and the Ecstasy." Response to keynote address presented at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Editors of the "Negro Educational Review" (42nd).