The purpose of this book is to facilitate a better understanding of how socially responsible leadership is experienced by African American men. Employing the interpretive tradition of phenomenology, and building on college persistence, involvement, and leadership theories, the researcher asked undergraduates what does making a difference mean and what is the result? Informants ascribed meanings to informal, individual encounters, but attributed outcomes to formal, group affiliations, and finally recommended formal, individual and community interventions. Furthermore, informants supported a...