In this ground-breaking work, perhaps the first full length scientific analysis of the substance found in practically all living organisms and inanimate objects, T. Owens Moore attempts to dispel the myths and rectify the common misconceptions associated with melanin. In part one, he focuses on writers of five key texts that employ an African-centered perspective. The recurring theme espoused by these writers is that melanin alone is the entity that makes black people psychologically and behaviorally different from non-black people. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Moore.
In part two, discussing the physiology of melanin, Moore covers the nervous, endocrine, visual, auditory and vestibular systems as well as skin structure, vitamin D and early childhood developement.
In part three, he explainswhy he feels that melanin acts as a conduit between the visible or material world and the unseen or spiritual world.
For scholars and lay people alike who want the truth about one of the most contreversial issues in African-American culture. 158 pages