Academically Gifted African American Male College Students »

The first-ever study of African American giftedness at the collegiate level, focusing on two extraordinary case studies.

Foreword Kofi Lomotey Lomotey, Kofi

1 A Look at the History of Giftedness and Gifted Theorists 1

2 Giftedness and the P-12 African American Student 10

3 Giftedness and the Collegiate African American Student 23

4 The Gifted African American Male College Student: A Study 31

5 An Interview with Trey Williams 39

6 An Interview with Trey Williams - Continued 50

7 An Interview with Stephen James 60

8 An Interview with Stephen James - Continued 71

9 Trey and Stephen: What I Learned from Their Experiences 78

10 Retrospection and Contemplation: An Interview with Trey Williams 10 Years Later 88

11 Retrospection and Contemplation: An Interview with Stephen James 10 Years Later 98

Afterword Donna Y. Ford Ford, Donna Y. 109

African American Giftedness: Our Nation's Deferred Dream (Journal of Black Studies) 111

Transitions in the Development of Giftedness (Gifted Child Today) 127

Never Too Young to Lead: Gifted African American Males in Elementary School (Gifted Child Today) 137

Definition, Identification, Identity, and Culture: A Unique Alchemy Impacting the Success of Gifted African American Millennial Males in School (Journal for the Education of the Gifted) 147

Capitalizing on Leadership Capacity: Gifted African American Males in High School (Roeper Review) 167

Leaving Black Males Behind: Debunking the Myths of Meritocratic Education (Journal of Race and Policy) 188

References 201

Index 211