The Covenant with Black America - Ten Years LaterIn 2006, Tavis Smiley—along with a team of esteemed contributors—laid out a national plan of action to address the ten most crucial issues facing African Americans.The Covenant, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller, ran the gamut from health care to criminal justice, affordable housing to education, voting rights to racial divides. But a decade later, Black men still fall to police bullets and brutality, Black women still die from preventable diseases, Black children still struggle to get a high quality education, the digital divide and environmental inequality persist, and American cities from Ferguson to Baltimore burn with frustration. In short, the last decade has seen the evaporation of Black wealth, with Black fellow citizens having lost ground in nearly every leading economic category. And so in these pages Smiley calls for a renewal of The Covenant, presenting the original action plan alongside new data from the Indiana University School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA) to underscore missed opportunities and the work that remains to be done. While life for far too many African Americans remains a struggle, the great freedom fighter Frederick Douglass was right: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Now is the time to finally convert the trials and tribulations of Black America into the progress that all of America yearns for. |
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... rate in the world. Hypertension can damage kidneys and lead to stroke, heart failure, and heart attack when it is not ... rates.11 Of all men ages 20 and older, 36.4 percent of African Americans have high blood pressure, compared to 25.6 ...
... rate in the world. Hypertension can damage kidneys and lead to stroke, heart failure, and heart attack when it is not ... rates.11 Of all men ages 20 and older, 36.4 percent of African Americans have high blood pressure, compared to 25.6 ...
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... rate 25 times that of white women.20 HIV-positive African Americans are seven times more likely than whites infected with the virus to die from HIV-related illness.21 African Americans are three times more likely to be hospitalized and ...
... rate 25 times that of white women.20 HIV-positive African Americans are seven times more likely than whites infected with the virus to die from HIV-related illness.21 African Americans are three times more likely to be hospitalized and ...
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... rates, health insurance and health-care access, and healthy living. Mortality and Disease-Related Risk Factors Disparities in health by race are notable from birth itself, although there are some narrowing of gaps in recent times. Life ...
... rates, health insurance and health-care access, and healthy living. Mortality and Disease-Related Risk Factors Disparities in health by race are notable from birth itself, although there are some narrowing of gaps in recent times. Life ...
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... rate of 13.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2004 to 11.3 deaths per 1,000 in 2013, which represents a narrowing of the ... rates. According to Olivero, “In fact, nearly one out of every two African American women living in Connecticut ...
... rate of 13.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2004 to 11.3 deaths per 1,000 in 2013, which represents a narrowing of the ... rates. According to Olivero, “In fact, nearly one out of every two African American women living in Connecticut ...
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... (NHANES). populations, the Black-white gap in obesity has been rising for. Although recently rates of obesity have been leveling off for some Source: Centers for Disease Control. Prevalence of Stroke-United States, 2006-
... (NHANES). populations, the Black-white gap in obesity has been rising for. Although recently rates of obesity have been leveling off for some Source: Centers for Disease Control. Prevalence of Stroke-United States, 2006-
Contents
Ensuring Broad Access to Affordable | |
Strengthening Our Rural Roots | |
by Michael McGuire Ph D | |
Assuring Environmental Justice for | |
Closing the Racial Digital Divide | |
Cornel West | |
Claiming Our Democracy | |
Acknowledgments | |
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