Introduction: Fathers' Lives in Context -- The World in Which Black Fathers Live -- "There's No Such Thing as a Good Black Father": Standards of Fatherhood -- Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction: Creating a Context for Black Live-Away Fatherhood -- "Times Are Just Going to Get Worse ... ": Fathers Chasing the American Dream -- Expectations of Others -- "Just Be There for the Baby": What Fathers Say Others Expect -- "Black Men Can Do Better": What Mothers Say Fathers Do for Their Children -- Being Fathers -- What Fathers Say They Do as Daddies -- Live-Away, but Absent? -- "Ain't Nothing Like Trying to be a Father and Trying to be a Man": Barriers to Being Daddy -- Conclusion: "Got to Make Fatherhood Work for Us"--The Meaning of Fatherhood for Black Men Who Do Not Live with Their Children.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-246) and index.