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Acknowledgements | |
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Introduction | |
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Villages and Anchor Institutions | |
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The Autobiography of a Village | |
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Naming Our Pain | |
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Enduring Institutions | |
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Shock Docs Don't Work | |
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Responses to the Emerging Crisis | |
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The Improvement Industry | |
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Cross-Referencing as a Clue to Collaboration | |
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How This Book Is Different | |
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Families: A Crisis of Commitment | |
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What Everyone Should Know about Black Families | |
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What's Wrong? | |
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Cosby's Call and Our Response | |
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Healthy Relationships and Commitments | |
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Healthy Dating | |
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Healthy Marriages | |
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Healthy Parenting | |
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Healthy Same-Gender Relationships | |
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What's Right? | |
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A Complex Message on Family Values | |
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Resources for Renewing a Culture of Healthy Dating, Relationships, and Marriages | |
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Recommendations from Clergy | |
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Supporting Healthy Fathers | |
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A Final Note on Love and Commitment | |
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Conclusion | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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Churches: A Crisis of Mission | |
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What Everyone Should Know about Black Churches | |
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What's Wrong? | |
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The Prosperity Movement | |
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Large Men, Little Dreams | |
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Leading Village Renewal | |
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Restoring the Collective Power of Black Churches | |
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What's Right? | |
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Franklin Framework | |
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A Framework for the Spiritual Renewal of the Village | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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Colleges: A Crisis of Moral Purpose | |
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What Everyone Should Know about Community Education and Black Colleges | |
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What's Wrong? | |
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The Crisis of Moral Purpose in Public and Private Education | |
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The Educational Gap between Males and Females | |
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The Danger of Detachment and Anonymity | |
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Acknowledging Crisis Requires Moral Courage | |
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Village and Public Neglect of Schools | |
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Addressing the Crisis | |
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The College President as Chief Ethical Officer | |
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What's Right? | |
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The Home as an Ethical Learning Center | |
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Smart and Good Schools | |
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Black Colleges and Character Development | |
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Internal Renewal and Moral Purpose | |
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Village Accreditation of Schools and Colleges | |
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Conclusion | |
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Questions for Discussion | |
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Strategies: Renewing the Village | |
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What Is to Be Done? | |
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Ground Zero | |
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Focused Conversation | |
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Collaborative Leadership | |
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Vision and Plan | |
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Accountability and Action | |
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Sustaining and Fundraising | |
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Documenting and Celebrating Progress | |
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A Sermon on Village Renewal | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |