1 Introduction: Race, Gender, and Identity James L. Conyers, Jr. 2 Conjurin' Up an Image: African American Healing Women in the Films of Julie Dash and Kasi Lemmons Kameelah Martin 3 African American Males' Maladaptive Coping Strategies to Racism at Predominately White Postsecondary Institutions Toya Roberts 4 They Fought a Good Fight: SNCC and Civil Rights in Mississippi Rochelle Brock 5 Dayton Funk Music: The Layering of Multiple Identities Portia K. Maultsby 6 The Suppression of the African Slave Trade: A Reflexive Analysis of Structural Functionalism and Cultural Relevance James L. Conyers, Jr. 7 The Big Bad Wolf: Lupus, Identity, and African American Women Kesha Morant Williams and Ronald L. Jackson II 8 Steele and the Supreme Court's Creation of the Union's Duty of Fair Representation Ronald Turner 9 Our Fate or Our Future: The Hip Hop Nation and Alternative Intentional Communities for Social Justice Lisbeth Gant-Britton Contributors Index