1. Editor’s comments

   • Gary A. Sailes

   EditorialNotes 27 July 2013 Pages: 3 - 5

2. An africentric rites of passage program for adolescent males

   • Patrick C. McKenry
   • Hyoun K. Kim
   • Stephen M. Gavazzi

   OriginalPaper 27 July 2013 Pages: 7 - 20

3. African american men in nursing: A career opportunity that challenges structural racism

   • Joanne M. Hall
   • Patricia E. Stevens

   OriginalPaper 27 July 2013 Pages: 21 - 32

4. Death of significant others and unresolved grief among a population of african american male crack cocaine users

   • Patricia Dixon

   OriginalPaper 27 July 2013 Pages: 33 - 48

5. Caring: Motivation for African American male youth to succeed

   • Vernon G. Smith

   OriginalPaper 27 July 2013 Pages: 49 - 63

6. Human development across the lifespan as identity model for biracial males

   • Ronald E. Hall

   OriginalPaper 27 July 2013 Pages: 65 - 80

7. Violence and the politics of black male identity in post-modern America

   • Ricky L. Jones

   OriginalPaper 27 July 2013 Pages: 81 - 107