Carol B. Stack (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Carol B. Stack is an urban anthropologist whose studies of African American family networks, minority women, and youth have become modern classics in several social science disciplines. Born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, she grew up in New York City, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Los Angeles. For most of her childhood, her father worked as a bread truck driver. Every summer he took Carol along on his route, explaining, “I want her to learn how to work!”
She did learn to work, tirelessly, although in a different vocation. Graduating from the University of California at...
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