TY - BOOK ID - 138312656 TI - Overcoming the odds : raising academically successful African American young women PY - 2002 SN - 0197561365 1280655011 0198029209 0195302060 9780198029205 9781280655012 0195126424 9780195126426 9780195302066 9780197561362 0190284366 PB - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Academic achievement KW - African American women KW - Education KW - Education. KW - Family relationships. KW - Parent participation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138312656 AB - Statistics indicate that African American females, as a group, fare poorly in the United States. Many live in single-parent households, either as the single-parent mother or as the daughter. Many face severe economic hurdles. Yet despite these obstacles, some are performing at exceptional levels academically. Based on interviews with many of these successful young women and their families, 'Overcoming the Odds' provides a wealth of information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates them, how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them, even how it feels to be a high academic achiever. ER -