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Books by Andrew Billingsley
  | | Yearning to Breathe Free(1st Edition) Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families by Andrew Billingsley, James E. Clyburn Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-686-6, ISBN: 1-57003-686-1 "On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor and piloted the vessel to cheering seamen of the Union blockade, thus securing his place in the annals of Civil War heroics. Slave, pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. congressman--Smalls played many roles en route to becoming an American icon, but none of his accomplishments was a solo effort. Sociologist Andrew Billingsle ..." |
 | | Mighty Like a River(1st Edition) The Black Church and Social Reform by Andrew Billingsley Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-510617-6, ISBN: 0-19-510617-2 "Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the black church. From its role in leading a group of free Blacks to form a colony in Sierra Leone in the 1790s to helping ex-slaves after the Civil War, and from playing major roles in the Civil Rights Movement to offering community outreach programs in American cities today, black churches have been the focal point o ..." |
 | | Climbing Jacob's Ladder(Reprint) The Enduring Legacies of African-American Families by Andrew Billingsley, Paula Giddings Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 1994 by Touchstone ISBN-13: 978-0-671-67709-1, ISBN: 0-671-67709-8 "Then, when after nearly five years of intensive work I still needed another period of support to complete some special analyses, three angels at the Ford Foundation, Shelby Miller, Lynn Walker, and Robert Curvin, came to my rescue. A timely grant enabled me to engage Dr. Robert B. Hill and Dr. Deborah Robinson to do special analyses of a data set from the University of Michigan National Survey of Black Americans that Dr. James Jack ..." |
 | | Mighty Like a River The Black Church and Social Reform by Andrew Billingsley, Lawrence N. Jones, C. Eric Lincoln Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516179-3, ISBN: 0-19-516179-3 "Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the black church. From its role in leading a group of free Blacks to form a colony in Sierra Leone in the 1790s to helping ex-slaves after the Civil War, and from playing major roles in the Civil Rights Movement to offering community outreach programs in American cities today, black churches have been the focal point o ..." |
 | | Climbing Jacob's Ladder(1st Edition) The Enduring Legacy of African-American Families by Andrew Billingsley Hardcover, 444 Pages, Published 1993 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-0-671-67708-4, ISBN: 0-671-67708-X "Traces black family history from ancient Africa, through slavery and Reconstruction, to today, examining the effects of technology, war, education, and the economy on black families across five social classes. 30,000 first printing. Tour." |
 | | Black Families in White America(Updated) by Andrew Billingsley Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1988 by Touchstone Books ISBN-13: 978-0-671-67162-4, ISBN: 0-671-67162-6 "This 20th-anniversary edition of a modern classic by a leading black sociologist coincides with a rising awareness of how closely the fate of black families in America is related to the ultimate fate of America itself. Over 70,000 sold in previous editions." |
 | | Black Families in White America by Andrew Billingsley Hardcover, 218 Pages, Published 1968 by Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-077479-8, ISBN: 0-13-077479-0 |
 | | Yearning to Breathe Free Robert Smalls of South Carolina and His Families by Andrew Billingsley Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-57003-970-6, ISBN: 1-57003-970-4 "Sociologist Andrew Billingsley offers the first biography of Smalls to assess the influence of his families--black and white, past and present--on his life and enduring legend." |
 | | Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women’s Literature From Phillis Wheatley to Toni Morrison by Geneva Cobb Moore, Andrew Billingsley Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-748-0, ISBN: 1-61117-748-0 "Geneva Cobb Moore deftly combines literature, history, criticism, and theory in Maternal Metaphors of Power in African American Women's Literature by offering insight into the historical black experience from slavery to freedom as depicted in the literature of nine female writers across several centuries. Moore traces black women writers' creation of feminine and maternal metaphors of power in literature from the colonial era work of P ..." |
 | | Keep Your Hand on the Plow The African American Presence in the Catholic Church (Publication / United States Catholic Conference) by Richard Burton, Andrew Billingsley, Joseph Fitzpatrick, David Gibson, Crypian Davis, Eleace King, Che F. Lee, Raymond H. Potvin, Bernard Glos, Cyprian Davis Paperback, 124 Pages, Published 1996 by United States Catholic Conference ISBN-13: 978-1-55586-098-1, ISBN: 1-55586-098-2 "african american in the Catholic Church" |
 | | Blacks on White Campuses, Whites on Black Campuses (Nafeo Conference Series) by Ada M. Elam, Andrew Billingsley Paperback, 177 Pages, Published 1987 by Wilcox & Follett Book Co ISBN-13: 978-0-695-60052-5, ISBN: 0-695-60052-4 "Ada M. Elam, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ( U.S.) Andrew Billingsley ... of White Students on Black Colleges/ Universities 122 Ada M. Elam 13 White Faculty at Historically Black Institutions: A Pilot Study 1 30 Charles I. Brown 14 Affirmative Action in Higher Education 146 Ron Simmons 15 A Workable Strategy for Affirmative Action 156 Robert N. Barger Josephine C. Barger Foreword The National Associa ..." |
 | | Black families and the struggle for survival by Andrew Billingsley Paperback, 95 Pages, Published 1974 by Friendship Press ISBN-13: 978-0-377-00001-8, ISBN: 0-377-00001-9 |
 | | Children of the Storm Black Children and American Child Welfare by Andrew Billingsley, Jeanne M. Giovannoni Paperback, 263 Pages, Published 1972 by Harcourt College Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-15-507271-8, ISBN: 0-15-507271-4 "Good - Standard used condition book with the pages inside being clean and unmarked. soft cover has light shelf ware. Signed by Author." |
 | | Children of the Storm Black Children and American Child Welfare: Black Children and American Child Welfare by Andrew Billingsley, Jeanne M. Giovannoni Paperback, 263 Pages, Published 1972 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN-13: 978-0-15-117340-2, ISBN: 0-15-117340-0 |
 | | Inside Black Colleges and Universities (Nafeo Conference Series) by Julia C. Elam, Andrew Billingsley Paperback, 153 Pages, Published 1987 by Wilcox & Follett Book Co ISBN-13: 978-0-695-60051-8, ISBN: 0-695-60051-6 "The papers in these volumes are a representative selection of the issues and viewpoints expressed at the eighth , ninth , and tenth conferences . The titles in the series are : Black Colleges and Public Policy , eds . Andrew Billingsley , Ph . D ." |
 | | Research on the African-American Family(Updated) A Holistic Perspective by Robert Bernard Hill, Wornie L. Reed, Andrew Billingsley, Eleanor Engram Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1993 by Praeger ISBN-13: 978-0-86569-021-9, ISBN: 0-86569-021-9 "Black families in America face special and grave problems. Widespread unemployment, single parent circumstances, adolescent pregnancies, substance abuse, and violence are only some of the problems posing challenges. The authors, convinced that the conventional perspective used in the past to analyze black families is deficient, propose a holistic approach. That perspective takes into account the totality of black family life rather than ..." |
 | | Children of the Storm Black Children and American Child Welfare by Andrew Billingsley Published by Harcourt College Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-55072-714-2, ISBN: 1-55072-714-1 |
 | | Climbing Jacob's Ladder The Enduring Legacy of African-American Families by Andrew Billingsley Published 2030 ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-4391-9, ISBN: 1-4391-4391-9 |
 | | Mighty Like a River the Black Church and Social Reform : The Black Church and Social Reform by Andrew Billingsley 288 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-802658-7, ISBN: 0-19-802658-7 "It happened again during the struggle for school desegregation after the United States Supreme Court outlawed segregation in 1954. While black self-help was the key force in post–Civil War initiatives, there ... In recent years, under curator Carol Greene, the Beach Institute has become the permanent home of the 250- piece celebrated traveling exhibition of wood sculptures by Savannah folk artist Ulysses Davis. The Beach Institute n ..." |
 | | Mighty Like a River The Black Church and Social Reform by Andrew Billingsley Published 1999 ISBN-13: 978-1-4294-0432-7, ISBN: 1-4294-0432-9 |
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