Table of Contents:
  • An historical overview of poverty among blacks in Boston: 1850-1990 / Robert C. Hayden
  • A reexamination of how we measure poverty: a profile of black poverty in Boston / Jeremiah Cotton
  • Media coverage of poverty in Boston's black community / Dorothy A. Clark
  • African American poverty in Boston and the need for male-centered interventions / James B. Hyman.