The Minds of Marginalized Black Men is a non-fiction book written by Alford A. Young Jr. Young explores the lives of impoverished young black men living in the near New West Side of Chicago in order to get a better understanding of how they view their lives and what they want for their futures.
Read more about The Minds Of Marginalized Black Men: Character Analysis, Introduction - Making New Sense of Poor Black Men in Crisis, Chapter 1 - The Past and Future of The Cultural Analysis of Black Men, Chapter 2 - Time, Space, and Everyday Living, Chapter 3 - Coming Up Poor, Chapter 4 - Framing Social Reality: Stratification and Inequality, Chapter 5 - Framing Individual Mobility and Attainment, Chapter 6 - Looking Up From Below: Framing Personal Reality, Chapter 7 - Getting There: Navigating Personal Mobility, Chapter 8 - Recasting The Crisis of Poor Black Men, Further Reading
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