Contents: M.K. Asante, Foreword. Preface. T.J. Socha, R.C. Diggs, At the Crossroads of Communication, Race, and Family: Toward Understanding Black, White, and Biracial Family Communication. J.L. Daniel, J.E. Daniel, African-American Childrearing: The Context of a Hot Stove. I.B. Ferguson, African-American Parent-Child Communication About Racial Derogation. S.L. Parks, Race and Electronic Media in the Lives of Four Families: An Ethnographic Study. R.A. Davilla, White Children's Talk About Race and Culture: Family Communication and Intercultural Socialization. R.C. Diggs, African-American and European-American Adolescents' Perceptions of Self-Esteem as Influenced by Parent and Peer Communication and Support Environments. M. Dainton, African-American, European-American, and Biracial Couples' Meanings for and Experiences in Marriage. M.P. Orbe, Communicating About "Race" in Interracial Families. B.K. Alexander, H.P. LeBlanc, III, Cooking Gumbo--Examining Cultural Dialogue About Family: A Black-White Narrativization of Lived Experience in Southern Louisiana. T.J. Socha, J. Beigle, Toward Improving Life at the Crossroads: Family Communication Education and Multicultural Competence. K. Galvin, Epilogue: Illuminating and Evoking Issues of Race and Family Communication.