Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities
Robert M. Franklin provides first-person advice and insight as he identifies the crises resident within three anchor institutions that have played key roles in the black struggle for freedom. Black families face a "crisis of commitment" evident in the rising rates of father absence, births to unmarried parents, divorce, and domestic abuse or relationship violence.\ Black churches face a "mission crisis" as they struggle to serve their upwardly mobile and/or established middle class "paying...
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About the Author:Robert M. Franklin is Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Emory University
Acknowledgements viiIntroduction 1Villages and Anchor Institutions 3The Autobiography of a Village 5Naming Our Pain 9Enduring Institutions 12Shock Docs Don't Work 16Responses to the Emerging Crisis 17The Improvement Industry 26Cross-Referencing as a Clue to Collaboration 38How This Book Is Different 39Families: A Crisis of Commitment 41What Everyone Should Know about Black Families 42What's Wrong? 46Cosby's Call and Our Response 47Healthy Relationships and Commitments 53Healthy Dating 67Healthy Marriages 68Healthy Parenting 82Healthy Same-Gender Relationships 89What's Right?A Complex Message on Family Values 93Resources for Renewing a Culture of Healthy Dating, Relationships, and Marriages 94Recommendations from Clergy 96Supporting Healthy Fathers 97A Final Note on Love and Commitment 100Conclusion 101Questions for Discussion 102Churches: A Crisis of Mission 105What Everyone Should Know about Black Churches 106What's Wrong? 112The Prosperity Movement 112Large Men, Little Dreams 127Leading Village Renewal 143Restoring the Collective Power of Black Churches 158What's Right? 160Franklin Framework 160A Framework for the Spiritual Renewal of the Village 164Questions for Discussion 169Colleges: A Crisis of Moral Purpose 171What Everyone Should Know about Community Education and Black Colleges 173What's Wrong? 177The Crisis of Moral Purpose in Public and Private Education 185The Educational Gap between Males and Females 186The Danger of Detachment and Anonymity 189Acknowledging Crisis Requires Moral Courage 190Village and Public Neglect of Schools 195Addressing the Crisis 198The College President as Chief Ethical Officer 202What's Right? 203The Home as an Ethical Learning Center 203Smart and Good Schools 205Black Colleges and Character Development 205Internal Renewal and Moral Purpose 211Village Accreditation of Schools and Colleges 212Conclusion 215Questions for Discussion 215Strategies: Renewing the Village 217What Is to Be Done? 218Ground Zero 221Focused Conversation 228Collaborative Leadership 230Vision and Plan 232Accountability and Action 234Sustaining and Fundraising 236Documenting and Celebrating Progress 237A Sermon on Village Renewal 238Notes 245Index 267
