Editors’ Note: Black Masculinity Studies, Yesterday and Today
Mika’il Petin and Mark C. Hopson
Foreword: The Sheer Force of Our Re-Imagination: Exploring Black Masculinity and the Public
Ronald L. Jackson II
Introduction: On Reimagining
Mark C. Hopson and Mika’il Petin
Chapter One: “Mama Knows Best": Exploring Black Men’s Perceptions and Reimaginations of the Phrase “Mama’s Boys”
Sakile K. Camara and Carmen M. Lee
Chapter Two: “She’s Just a Friend (with Benefits)”: Examining the Significance of Black American Boys’ Partner Choice for Initial Sexual Intercourse
Tommy J. Curry and Ebony A. Utley
Chapter Three: Reverse Interest Convergence, Kaepernick, and Nike: An Educational Lobbyist Playbook for Equitable Funding by Investment in Urban Public Education
Aaron J. Griffen and Derrick Robinson
Chapter Four: Outkasted Black Masculinity: Shifting the Geographical and Performative
Landscape of ‘90s Hip Hop
Marquese McFerguson
Chapter Five: The Killing of Black Boys: A Collaborative Critical Autoethnography on “the Talk”
Mark C. Hopson, Gina Castle Bell, and Richard Craig
Chapter Six: A Conversation on Black Masculinity with Principal John Hawkins Snowdy
of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys
Kimberly Moffitt
Chapter Seven: (Re)educating Boys and Men of Color by Shaping Community Support
Kenneth Brown
Chapter Eight: “We Demand an Equal Show Upon Matters Effecting Our Industrial Welfare”: Black Manhood, and Labor Activism in Early Jim Crow Illinois
Alonzo M. Ward
Chapter Nine: The Essence of the Black Man: An Exploration of Black Masculinity Through Double Consciousness in Native Son
Isaih Dale
Chapter Ten: The Battle of the New Age Black, Male Hero and Hegemonic/Toxic Masculinity: An Examination of the Representations of Black Masculinity in Black Panther
Erika M. Thomas & Malcolm D. Gamble
Chapter Eleven: “Me Miran Raro”: Bad Bunny and the Creation of a New Discursive Space in Latin Trap Music
Larissa Hernandez
Chapter Twelve: Dual Socialization and Black Academic Intellectuals: A Research Report
Rutledge Dennis
Afterword: The Beautiful Ones Were Born Sometime Ago
Mark Anthony Neal
About the Contributors