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<span><span>Our Black Sons Matter</span><span> is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. The book addresses painful trauma, challenges assumptions, and offers insights and hope through the deep bonds between mothers and their children.</span></span>

<span><span>Acknowledgments </span></span>
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<span><span>Introduction: For the Love of Our Sons, by </span><span>George Yancy</span></span>
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<span><span>I: REFLECTIONS </span></span>
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<span><span>1. </span><span>Black Mother/Sons, by </span><span>Sara Lomax-Reese</span></span>
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<span><span>2. </span><span>Once White in America, by </span><span>Jane Lazarre</span></span>
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<span><span>3. </span><span>A Bottle of Mike Brown and Robin Williams, by </span><span>Shelly Bell</span></span>
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<span><span>4. </span><span>Dark Radiance, by </span><span>Becky Thompson and LaMar Delandro</span></span>
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<span><span>5. </span><span>Why Being the Lone Black Friend of Whites Will Not Protect You, by </span><span>Noliwe Rooks</span></span>
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<span><span>6. </span><span>The Box,by </span><span>Tracey Reed Armant</span></span>
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<span><span>7. </span><span>White Mama, Black Sons, by </span><span>Heather Johnson</span></span>
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<span><span>8. </span><span>Watching and Waiting, by </span><span>Nicole McJamerson</span></span>
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<span><span>9. </span><span>The Trouble I’ve Seen . . . and Why It Matters, by </span><span>Meta G. Carstarphen</span></span>
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<span><span>10. </span><span>Inside/Outside, by </span><span>Susan Hadley</span></span>
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<span><span>11. </span><span>Black and Blue: Stressing through to Dialogue, by </span><span>Deborah Binkley-Jackson</span></span>
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<span><span>12. </span><span>A Black Jewish Boy Facing Manhood, by </span><span>Jane Anna Gordon</span></span>
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<span><span>II: ESSAYS </span></span>
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<span><span>13. </span><span>Sacrificial Lambs : How Many Dead Bodies Is Enough?, by </span><span>Carol E. Henderson</span></span>
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<span><span>14. </span><span>Reflections of Black Motherhood: Birthing Black Sons, by </span><span>Linda D. Tomlinson</span></span>
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<span><span>15. </span><span>The War Within: Respect and the Predicament ofMothering Black Sons, by </span><span>Newtona (Tina) Johnson</span></span>
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<span><span>16. </span><span>A Long Ways from Home?, by </span><span>Michele Moody-Adams</span></span>
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<span><span>17. </span><span>T.H.U.G. (Talented, Humanistic, Unique, Gifted): Anthropology, Sentiments, and Narratives of Black Mothers and Sons, by </span><span>Elisha Oliver</span></span>
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<span><span>18. </span><span>A Fierce Love: The Unique Process of Nurturing, Educating, and Protecting Our Black Sons, by </span><span>Tracey McCants Lewis</span></span>
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<span><span>19. </span><span>Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, by </span><span>Veronica T. Watson</span></span>
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<span><span>20. </span><span>Mothers and Their Black Sons: Struggling against Fears, Sorrows, and Hope, by </span><span>Blanche Radford-Curry</span></span>
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<span><span>21. </span><span>Regarding Henry, by </span><span>T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting</span></span>
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<span><span>III: POEMS </span></span>
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<span><span>22. </span><span>A Love Poem for Michael Brown, by </span><span>Elisheba Johnson</span></span>
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<span><span>23. </span><span>Lamentations from a Black Mom, by </span><span>Dyan Watson</span></span>
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<span><span>24. </span><span>for Trayvon, by </span><span>Treasure Shields Redmond</span></span>
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<span><span>25. </span><span>News of You, My Son, by </span><span>Sharyn Skeeter</span></span>
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<span><span>26. </span><span>Death Passes Twice, by </span><span>Autumn Redcross</span></span>
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<span><span>IV: LETTERS </span></span>
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<span><span>27. </span><span>Dear William, by </span><span>Gretchen Givens Generett</span></span>
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<span><span>28. </span><span>A Letter to CJ, by </span><span>Regina Sims Wright</span></span>
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<span><span>29. </span><span>Killing/Saving/Loving Black Boys, by </span><span>Karsonya Wise Whitehead</span></span>
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<span><span>30. </span><span>Anger, by </span><span>Jacki Lynn Baynks</span></span>
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<span><span>31. </span><span>A Letter to Dr. King: Please Keep Breathing, by </span><span>Maria del Guadalupe Davidson</span></span>
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<span><span>32. </span><span>A Letter to My Sons, by </span><span>Dawn Herd-Clark</span></span>
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<span><span>Afterword by </span><span>Farah Jasmine Griffin</span></span>
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<span><span>Notes </span></span>
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<span><span>Resources</span></span>
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<span><span>Index </span></span>
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<span><span>About the Contributors</span></span>

<span><span>George Yancy</span><span> is professor of philosophy at Emory University, where he specializes in the study of African American philosophy and critical philosophy of race. He is a regular contributor to the </span><span>New York Times </span><span>blog “The Stone” and is author or editor of a number of books, including the award-winning </span><span>Philosophy in Multiple Voices</span><span> and </span><span>Black Bodies, White Gazes</span><span>.<br><br></span><span>Maria del Guadalupe Davidson</span><span> directs the women’s and gender studies program and co-directs the center for social justice at the University of Oklahoma. <br><br></span><span>Susan Hadley</span><span> is professor of music and director of music therapy at Slippery Rock University. She is author or editor of several books, including </span><span>Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip Hop</span><span>.</span></span>

<span><span>Contributions by Jacki Lynn Baynks, Shelly Bell, Deborah Binkley-Jackson, Meta G. Carstarphen, LaMar Delandro, Gretchen Givens Generett, Jane Anna Gordon, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Maria del Guadalupe Davidson, Susan Hadley, Carol E. Henderson, Dawn Herd-Clark, Elisheba Johnson, Heather Johnson, Newtona (Tina) Johnson, Jane Lazarre, Sara Lomax-Reese, Tracey McCants Lewis, Nicole McJamerson, Michele Moody-Adams, Elisha Oliver, Blanche Radford-Curry, Autumn Redcross, Tracey Reed Armant, Noliwe Rooks, T. Denean, Sharpley-Whiting, Treasure Shields Redmond, Sharyn Skeeter, Becky Thompson, Linda D. Tomlinson, Dyan Watson, Veronica T. Watson, Regina Sims Wright, Karsonya Wise Whitehead, and George Yancy.</span></span>