Journal of Black Studies

Editor, Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University
Editorial Assistant, Audrea Fe Fe Dunham, Temple University
Editorial Assistant, Cynthia L. Lehman, Eastern Illinois University
Editorial Board, Abu Abarry, Temple University
Editorial Board, Allen Austin, Cleveland State University
Editorial Board, Troy Allen, Southern University
Editorial Board, Katherine Bankole, West Virginia State University
Editorial Board, Adeniyi Coker, Eastern Illinois University
Editorial Board, James Conyers, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Editorial Board, Mekada Graham, University of Hertfordshire
Editorial Board, Fred Hord, Knox College
Editorial Board, Charles E. Jones, Georgia State University
Editorial Board, Gibreel M. Kamara, North Carolina A&T State University
Editorial Board, Maulana Karenga, California State University at Long Beach
Editorial Board, Tony Martin, Wellesley College
Editorial Board, Ama Mazama, Temple University
Editorial Board, Harvey H. Millar, Temple University
Editorial Board, Sandra Millner, Howard University
Editorial Board, Miriam Maat Monges, California State University at Chico
Editorial Board, Clarence Munford, University of Guelph
Editorial Board, Victor Okafor, Eastern Michigan University
Editorial Board, Nilgun Anadolu Okur, Temple University
Editorial Board, Akwasi Osei, Delaware State University
Editorial Board, Jerome H. Schiele, Clark Atlanta University
Editorial Board, Esther Terry, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Editorial Board, Veta Tucker, Grand Valley State University
Editorial Board, Marta Vega, Baruch College-CUNY
Editorial Board, Kariamu Welsh, Temple University
Editorial Board, Cornel West, Harvard University
Editorial Board, Ji Yuan, Jilin University

POLICY: The JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES seeks to sustain a full analytical discussion of issues related to persons of African descent. Original scholarly papers are invited on a wide range of social science questions. The editors favor those articles that demonstrate rigorous and thorough research in an interdisciplinary context.

MANUSCRIPTS should be submitted in duplicate (one hard copy and one disk copy) to the Editor, JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES, Department of African American Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Disk copies should be IBM compatible. Disks cannot be returned to the author and no estimated date of publication can be issued without receipt of a disk copy of the manuscript. Articles should be no more than 25 typewritten left-justified, double-spaced pages, including references, endnotes, biographical statements, and tables. Each section should begin on a separate page. Text, References, and endnotes must follow the style of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Figures and charts must be clean, black-and-white camera-ready copies. A brief paragraph (50 words of less) describing each author's current affiliation and research interests should also accompany the manuscript. Style sheets are availiable upon request. Please allow 4-6 months for review of all submitted articles. Manuscripts should not be under consideration at any other journal at the time of submission. The JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES does not publish, in whole or in part, articles that have been previously published in other journals.

REVIEWS: Books for review and annotation should be sent to the attention of the Editor (address above). Review essays and bibliographic articles and compliations are sought. Potential contributors of such material are advised to correspond with the Editor.

JOURNAL OF BLACK STUDIES (ISSN 0021-9347) is published bimonthly—in September, November, January, March, May , and July—by Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; telephone: (800) 818-SAGE (7243) and (805) 499-9774; fax/order line (805) 375-1700; e-mail: order@sagepub.com; http://www.sagepub.com. Copyright ©2001 by Sage Publications. All rights reserved. No portion of the contents may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher.

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