1975-

Collection of essays that discuss the complexities of race, class, and gender, exploring the relationships between black men and women, and looking at the good and bad in black popular culture.

Discusses the efforts of African Americans to achieve equality in education, employment, politics, and other areas, from the 1970s into the 1990s.

Examines the history of racism in the United States, pointing to slavery as the root of the country's continuing racial divide, and arguing that attention to the past, acknowledgement of wrongdoing by the white community, an apology, and reparations to African-Americans are the only way to eliminate racism.

Carl Upchurch, a former gang member who is now a leader in the fight to save inner-city youth from lives of crime, discusses his own violent early years and his time in a federal penitentiary where he began reading and decided to dedicate himself to empowering and inspiring African-Americans to solve the problems of urban America.

Gilbert recounts events in his life and career that led to the development of Simba, a rites-of-passage training program making connections between caring African-American adults and youth.