September/October 2005

CONTENTS

ISSUES & VIEWS
— Making the Grade
Three years after its passage, is the No Child Left Behind Act improving student performance at America's schools?
By Michael A. Fletcher

FEATURES
— The Crisis Interview: Dean Baquet
A conversation with the new editor of The Los Angeles Times, the first African American to head a top-ranked newspaper
Interview by Wayne Dawkins

— Marching Orders
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March, Louis Farrakhan has called for another gathering in the nation's capital
By Hamil R. Harris

— Mr. Coffee
David Robinson is trying to bring change to the international coffee market, just as his father Jackie Robinson broke barriers in baseball
By Terence Samuel

— Home Work Required
It's not only up to schools to help students succeed, parents need to be actively involved in their child's education as well
By Tatsha Robertson


DEPARTMENTS
- Editor's Note

- Letters

- Up Front: Missouri prosecutors investigate whether Larry Griffin was wrongly executed; Legislation introduced to help African Americans trace their heritage; African countries set their own agenda with the African Peer Review Mechanism; Atlanta Life Financial Group celebrates 100 years; Task force examines role of slaves in building the U.S. Capitol and White House; First Lady Laura Bush to hold conference on at-risk youth
Questions: Cheryl Cooper discusses new book by the National Council of Negro Women on women and aging

- Health: Garth Graham, the Department of Health and Human Services's point man on minority health and disparities

- Crisis Forum
* Gallery: The Hip-Hop Theater Festival showcases youth culture
* Books:
— Reviews of Fighting the Good Fight: The Story of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church by Houston Bryan Roberson;
— The Derrick Bell Reader edited by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic;
— Jimmie Briggs's Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War; and
— Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefelas

- Backstory: John W. Fountain on the church's disconnect with the community

- The NAACP Today
* Next generation answers NAACP's call;
* ACT-SO awards recognize Black youth talent;
* Wrap-up of the 96th Annual NAACP Convention;
* Branch News Douglas County, Ga.

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