RECOMMENDED LINKS, ARTICLE, AND READINGS
- World Trust – Social Impact through Film and Dialogue
- American Chattel Slavery (1619-1865); Encyclopedia of Slavery -
- Post-slavery (1865-1965); Southern Lynchings—4,730 incidents of vigilante “justice” in the form of lynching
- Convict Miners Cemetery—”Chain gang” convicts forced to work until they died
- Current Effects of Psychic Injury (1965-Present); Racial Disparity in Imprisonment Rates
RECOMMENDED DR. JOY ARTICLES
- Reparations & Healthcare for African Americans: Repairing the Damage from the Legacy of Slavery
- Breaking the Chains – Interview with Essence Magazine
- Self Enhancement (SEI) Standards – Dr. Joy DeGruy
RECOMMENDED READINGS
- Akbar, N. (1990). Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery. New Jersey: New Mind Productions.
- Allen, J., Als, H., Lewis, J. & Litwack, L. F. (2000). Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America. New Mexico: Twin Palms Publishers.
- Asante, M. K., & Asante, K. W. (1985). African Culture: The Rhythms of Unity. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press.
- Butterfield, F. (1995). All God’s Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence. New York: Avon Books.
- Byrd, A. D., Tharps, L. L. (2001). Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. New York: St: Martin’s Press.
- Danieli, Y. (1998). International Handbook of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma. New York: Plenum Press.
- Gatto, J. T.(1992). Dumbing Us Down. Philadelphia, PA: New Society.
- Grier, W. H., & Cobbs, P. M. (1969). Black Rage. New York: Bantam Books.
- Hacker, A. (1992). Two Nations: Black and white, separate, hostile, unequal. New York, NY: Macmillan publishing Company.
- Kapsalis, T. (1997). Public Privates: Performing Gynecology From Both Ends of the Speculum. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
- DeGruy J. D., Brennan, E., Briggs, (November 2005). African American Adolescent Respect Scale: A Measure of Prosocial Attitude. Research on Social Work Practice, 15 (6) pp. 462-469.
- Mazrui, A. A. (1986). The African: A Triple Heritage. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
- Mbiti, J. (1970). African Religions and Philosophy. New York: Doubleday.
- Nichols, E. J. (1976). Introduction to the Axiological Model. Paper Presented to the World Psychiatric Association and the Nigerian Association of Psychiatrists. University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
- Ogbu, J. U. (1990). Racial Stratification and Education. In G. E. Thomas (Ed.) U. S. Race Relations in the 1980′s and 1990′s: Challenges and Alternatives. New York: Hemisphere Publishing Company.
- Osofsky, G. (1969). Puttin’on Ole Massa. New York: Harper Torch Books.
- Pinderhughes, E. (1989). Understanding Race, Ethnicity, and Power. New York: The Free Press.
- Poussaint, A. F. & Alexander, A. (2000). Lay My Burden Down: Unraveling Suicide and the Mental Health Crisis among African Americans. Boston, MA. Beacon Press.
- Roberts, D. (1999). Killing the Black Body. New York: Vintage Books.
- Robinson, R. (2004). Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man From His Native Land. New York: Dutton.
- Stevenson, H. C. (1994). Racial Socialization in African American Families: The Art of Balancing Intolerance and Survival. The Family Journal: Counseling Therapy for Couples and Families. 2 (3), 190-198.
- Stevenson, H. C. (1994). Relationship of Adolescent Perceptions of Racial Socialization to Racial Identity. Journal of Black Psychology. 21 (1) 49-70.
- Tatum, B. D. (1997). Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?. New York: Basic Books.
- West, C. (1993). Race Matters. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
- Winbush, R. A. (2001). Should America pay?. New York, Harper Collins Books.
Additional Resources
- American Psychiatric Association http://www.psych.org/
- Anxiety Disorders Assoc. of America, Inc. http://www.adaa.org/
- Int’l Society for Traumatic Stress Studies http://www.istss.org/
- Nationall Institute of Mental Health Public Inquiries http://www.nimh.nih.gov/



