How to Make Black America Better: Leading African Americans Speak OutIssuing a powerful call for constructive social action, the popular radio and television commentator Tavis Smiley has assembled the voices of leading African American artists, intellectuals, and politicians from Chuck D to Cornel West to Maxine Waters. How to Make Black America Better takes a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach that includes Smiley’s own ten challenges to the African American community. Smiley and his contributors stress the family tie, the power of community networks, the promise of education, and the leverage of black economic and political strength in shaping a new vision of America. Encouraging African Americans to realize the potential of their own leadership and to work collectively from the bottom up, the selections offer new ideas for addressing vital issues facing black communities. Featuring original essays by some of our most important thinkers, How to Make Black America Better is an essential book for anyone concerned with the status of African Americans today. |
Contents
Part | 41 |
History Heritage and Hope by Cathy Hughes | 55 |
Controlling Our Destinies | 71 |
The Freedom Symphonys Fourth Movement by Rev Jesse L Jackson Sr | 79 |
Rising Just a Bit Higher by Nikki Giovanni | 85 |
Cherished by E Lynn Harris | 87 |
Updating Our Battles by Stanley Crouch | 93 |
Getting Along by Tyra Banks | 99 |
What We Can Do by Marian Wright Edelman | 121 |
Try Try Try to Teach All Children Well by Farai Chideya | 125 |
Change the Children by Bishop Noel Jones | 129 |
Making Black America Better Through SelfKnowledge by Naim Akbar Ph D | 133 |
The Challenge of Race and Education by Charles J Ogletree Jr | 139 |
Historically Black Colleges and Universities by Tom Joyner | 143 |
Just for Today by Dennis Kimbro | 151 |
Our Golden Age by Synthia Saint James | 153 |
Full Political Participation by Representative Jesse L Jackson Jr | 101 |
Rebuilding Black America by Sinbad | 103 |
Leveraging Our Power by Earl G Graves | 107 |
Behaving Better by Shaquille ONeal | 113 |
A Community of Accomplishment by Chuck D | 115 |
The Digital Age by Darien C Dash | 119 |
The New Millennium by Vivica A Fox | 155 |
Jesus by Deion Sanders | 157 |
Know Who You Were Who You Are Who You Choose to Be by Iyanla Vanzant | 159 |
Raymond Brown Les Brown Rev Jamal | 163 |
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