The educational pipeline through which potential African American male teachers emerge is troubled with leaks all along the way. Many African American male students arrive to school already at risk because of prevalent poverty, inadequate health care, and gaps in early childhood development. And in like manner, as they continue through the school years they experience inequitable educational opportunities, abuse and neglect, unmet mental and emotional problems, substance abuse, and an ineffective justice system (Alexander, 2010; Children’s Defense Fund, 2008; Morris,
