Our Children Too

Ura Jean Oyemade Bailey, Graduate Professor of Human Developmentand Director of the Center for Drug Abuse Research, Howard University.Geraldine Kearse Brookins, President of Changing Dynamics, Jackson,Mississippi, and past Director of the Merrill-Palmer Institute, Wayne StateUniversity. Grace Carroll, Education Consultant based in Oakland, California. Aline M. Garrett, Retired Professor and Head, Psychology Department,University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Sandra Graham, Professor, Department of Education, UCLA. John W. Hagen, Executive Officer, Society for Research in ChildDevelopment. Algea O. Harrison-Hale, Professor of Psychology, Oakland University. John P. Jackson, Jr., Assistant Professor, Department of Communication,University of Colorado, Boulder. Deborah J. Johnson, Professor of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan StateUniversity. Velma LaPoint, Professor of Human Development and PsychoeducationalStudies, School of Education, Howard University. Harriette Pipes McAdoo, University Distinguished Professor, Departmentof Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University. Vonnie C. McLoyd, Professor of Psychology and Senior Research Scientistat the Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill. Suzanne M. Randolph, Associate Professor, Department of Family Studies,University of Maryland, College Park. Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Constance E. Clayton Professor in UrbanEducation, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Margaret Beale Spencer, Board of Overseers Professor of AppliedPsychology and Human Development, University of Pennsylvania. Veronica G. Thomas, Professor, Department of Human Development andPsychoeducational Studies, School of Education, Howard University. ValoraWashington, Professor and Director of Center for Children, Familiesand Public Policy, Lesley University. Trellis Waxler, Retired Education Specialist for the Head Start Bureau,Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services. Melvin Wilson, Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia,Charlottesville.

• POEM. ‘‘WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHILDREN CRY’’.Suzanne M. Randolph ix.PREFACE.Sandra L. Graham xi.INTRODUCTION.Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Aline M. Garrett, Algea O. Harrison-Hale 1.ABSTRACT 9.SECTION I: FOCUS ON CAUCUS HISTORY 11.I. A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE BEGINNINGS.OF THE BLACK CAUCUS OF SRCD.Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe 12.II. THE BLACK CAUCUS OF SRCD: MEMBERSHIP GROWTH.AND CRITICAL INITIATIVES.Aline M. Garrett 25.III. LETTERS FROM MARY: ACHIEVING STATURE WITHIN SRCD.Algea O. Harrison-Hale 32.IV. ON BECOMING A GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER.AND MAXIMIZING MEMBERSHIP.Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe 48.SECTION II: TEACHING AND MENTORING 66.V. TIES: TODDLER AND INFANT EXPERIENCES.STUDYFCARROLL AND COLLEAGUES.Grace Carroll 68.VI. THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS.AND THE BLACK CAUCUS OF THE SRCD.Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Margaret Beale Spencer,.Ura Jean Oyemade Bailey 75.VII. PRE-CONFERENCES’ HISTORY AND REFLECTIONS:.CONCEPTUALIZING A PROCESS.Deborah J. Johnson, Geraldine Kearse Brookins 84.SECTION III: RESEARCH AND RELATED ISSUES 94.VIII. EARLIEST SRCD MONOGRAPHS BY AFRICAN AMERICANS:.CAREW (1980) AND SLAUGHTER (1983).Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe 96.IX. EFFECT OF AN OCCUPATIONAL SHIFT ON FAMILY LIFESTYLE:.AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH.Aline M. Garrett 106.X. THE "HISTORY" OF TWO MILESTONE DEVELOPMENTAL.PUBLICATIONS ON BLACK CHILDREN.Margaret Beale Spencer 113.XI. THE ROLE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOLARS IN.RESEARCH ON AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN:.HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES AND PERSONAL REFLECTIONS.Vonnie C. McLoyd 121.XII. HEAD START: TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO.POLICY AND PRACTICE.Ura Jean Oyemade Bailey, Trellis Waxler,.Valora Washington 145.SECTION IV: SUPPORTIVE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 162.XIII. CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM.THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO SOCIAL SCIENCE.RESEARCH ON BLACK CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.Algea O. Harrison-Hale 164.XIV. CONTRIBUTIONS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY TO.SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ON BLACK CHILDREN.Velma LaPoint, Veronica Thomas 173.XV. AFFIRMING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF.ETHNIC MINORITY SCIENTISTS.Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe, Aline M. Garrett,.Algea O. Harrison-Hale 188.APPENDIX A.THE CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE.BLACK CAUCUS, 1973–1997.Aline M. Garrett, Diana T. Slaughter-Defoe,.Algea O. Harrison-Hale 193.APPENDIX B.SUSTAINING BLACK CAUCUS MEMBERS, 1973–1997.Aline M. Garrett 208.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 210.COMMENTARIES.CONGRATULATIONS.Harriette Pipes McAdoo 212.FUTURE VISIONS OF THE BLACK CAUCUS OF SRCD.Melvin N. Wilson 214.THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SOCIAL SCIENTIST.John P. Jackson, Jr. 218.FOR BLACK CAUCUS.John W. Hagen 224.CONTRIBUTORS 227