Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface

Part I: Beginnings
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Historical Context
Chapter 3: The Emergence of Atlanta University
Chapter 4: Legitimating the Need
Chapter 5: The Scientific Heritage
Chapter 6: W.E.B. Dubois and Lugenia Burns Hope
Chapter 7: The Launching of the School

Part II: Moving the Legacy into the 20th Century
Chapter 8: Embracing the Black Experience
Chapter 9: Curriculum Renewal in the Post War Years
Chapter 10: Reclaiming the Legacy
Chapter 11: Shifting Social Welfare Philosophy

Part III: At the Midpoint and Beyond
Chapter 12: Crossing Over at the Bicentennial
Chapter 13: The Enduring Legacy of Whitney M. Young, Jr.
Chapter 14: The Millennium and Beyond
Chapter 15: The School enters the 21st Century

Closing Message from Dean Jenny Jones

About the Author

Alma J. Carten, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is a 1964 alumni of Atlanta University School of Social Work and has spent over 25 years as a faculty member at New York University Silver School of Social Work where her scholarship has focused on racial inequities impacting families of color. She is a recipient of the School's Dorothy Height Humanitarian Award, the NIH Mental Health Fellowship, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Social Work
Education Association, and the Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Award.

Reviews

"There is both a lack of knowledge and acknowledgement of the important contributions of Black social workers. This historical account is needed to better understand contemporary social welfare philosophies and theoretical frameworks that inform our practice and scholarship. It affirms the extraordinary commitment of Black pioneer social workers in their quest for social justice. Carten's discussions of the historical treasures from those who established the
school and laid the foundation for its success is very intriguing, and I was intellectually stimulated and reaffirmed by everything revealed about the relationships and networks that existed during the
early periods of our history." -- Sandra Edmonds Crewe, PhD, ACSW, Dean and Professor, Howard University School of Social Work
"Dr. Carten offers persuasive evidence for the need to focus on race.... If what our society seeks is true pluralism, then the need for people of color to create and sustain institutions that protect and advance their cultural particularity is essential. Otherwise, we will continue to go down the road of Eurocentric cultural oppression and universalism. Dr. Carten's analysis of the Atlanta School gives us a historical and contemporary justification for an
oppressed group to institutionalize its unique contributions to the improvement of humanity." -- Jerome H. Schiele, DSW, MSW, Professor and Chair of the PhD Department, Morgan State University's School of
Social Work
"Find a Way or Make One critically examines the development of America's oldest school of social work founded in 1920 for and by black Americans, the Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University. As a masterful social historian, Dr. Alma Carten places the School's development into the context of a century of American socioeconomic, political, and cultural history, marked by the lingering effects of race-based inequalities
rooted in doctrines of Eurocentric white supremacy. Dr. Carten's tour de force is a significant contribution to the literature, providing insight into historical developments in social welfare policy and education
from a race-critical, Afrocentric perspective." -- Edward J. Mullen, PhD, Willma and Albert Musher Chair Professor Emeritus, Columbia School of Social Work, Columbia University and Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work
"Alma Carten was a student of my father, Whitney M. Young, Jr., and has been a longtime friend. She has advocated for many years for this book about the Atlanta University School of Social Work, where my father was a longtime dean. She captures the path that he took, from lifting up the School which now bears his name to the way that he lifted up both the work and the need for not only social workers but people of color in the profession. It is an exceptional
piece of historical research and at the same time lovingly done. And it is timely." -- Marcia Y. Cantarella, PhD, President of Cantarella Consulting
"Susan C. Mapp unpacks thorny ethical dilemmas for social workers in practical and helpful ways in this book, making this is an excellent introduction for social work students to the world of international social work."--David Androff, MSW, PhD, Arizona State University
"By bringing forward uncomfortable topics, Susan C. Mapp inspires readers to critically engage with and act on current social issues. This is a rich, comprehensive, timely, and engaging book on the complexities of global social issues and human rights."--Shirley Gatenio Gabel, MS, MPh, PhD, Fordham University
"This text will open the world to social work students through its insightful and humane discussion of human rights and social development."--Mark Lusk, LCDC, LMSW, EdD, University of Texas at El Paso