African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History

Felix L. Armfield, PhD, assistant professor of history, Department of History and Social Studies Education, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York. Tricia Bent-Goodley, PhD, LICSW-C, assistant professor, Howard University School of Social Work, Washington, DC. N. Yolanda Burwell, PhD, associate professor, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice Studies, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Susan Kerr Chandler, PhD, MSW, associate professor, School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Reno Sharon Warren Cook, MSW, assistant professor of social work and social welfare coordinator, Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina Hugette A. Curah, MSW, social worker, Family Support Unit, Wake County Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina Joyce G. Dickerson, PhD, MSW, assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, North Carolina AandT State University, Greensboro Aminifu Harvey, DSW, LCSW-C, associate professor of social work, University of Maryland, Baltimore Vanessa G. Hodges, PhD, MSW, associate professor in social work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Elmer P. Martin, PhD, professor, Department of Social Work and Mental Health, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Joanne M. Martin, PhD, cofounder, The Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Baltimore, Maryland. Wilma Peebles-Wilkins, PhD, dean and professor, Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts Dorothy S. Ruiz, PhD, associate professor, Department of African American and African Studies, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Tawana Ford Sabbath, MSS, PhD, social worker and funeral business co-owner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cheryl Waites, EdD, MSW, ACSW, associate professor, Social Work Program, North Carolina State University, RaleighIris Carlton-Laney is the author of 'African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History', published 2001 under ISBN 9780871013170 and ISBN 0871013177.