In Brotherhood University: Black Men's Friendships and the Transition to Adulthood, Dr. Brandon A. Jackson utilizes data to examine the role of emotions and social support among a group of young Black men as they navigate a “structural double bind” as college students and into early adulthood.

While prevailing stereotypes portray young Black men as emotionally aloof, Jackson finds that the men invested in an emotion culture characterized by vulnerability, loyalty and trust, which created a system of mutual social support, or brotherhood, among the group as they navigated college, prepared for the labor market and experienced romantic relationships. Ten years later, as they managed the early stages of their careers and considered marriage and child-rearing, the men continued to depend on the emotional vulnerability and close relationships they forged in their college years.

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