Data were obtained through self-report questionnaires completed by 436 black children attending two middle schools. The results showed that individual characteristics of the respondents, including age, gender, weapon-carrying behavior, and attitude toward violence were positively correlated with their reports of aggressive behavior and fighting at school. The findings suggest that violence prevention programs implemented at the elementary and middle school levels could reduce the incidence of aggression and violence among black adolescents by teaching nonviolent attitudes and conflict resolution strategies. School suspension records were related to family poverty and which school the student attended, but family and school factors were not related to student reports of aggression and fighting. 3 tables and 13 references