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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... Americans who are uninsured.1 African Americans and Hispanics are most likely to be uninsured as are American Indians ... white European. The provider must have the ability to identify with, relate to, and accommodate the culture of the ...
... Americans who are uninsured.1 African Americans and Hispanics are most likely to be uninsured as are American Indians ... white European. The provider must have the ability to identify with, relate to, and accommodate the culture of the ...
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... white counterparts.5 Other toxins relate to the fact that Black and Hispanic children are most likely to grow up close to hazardous waste sites where the toxins are not as well-defined. There are also gender differences among African ...
... white counterparts.5 Other toxins relate to the fact that Black and Hispanic children are most likely to grow up close to hazardous waste sites where the toxins are not as well-defined. There are also gender differences among African ...
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... White adults are more likely to receive treatment than African Americans for hypertension complications, even though African Americans are affected at higher rates.11 Of all men ages 20 and older, 36.4 percent of African Americans have ...
... White adults are more likely to receive treatment than African Americans for hypertension complications, even though African Americans are affected at higher rates.11 Of all men ages 20 and older, 36.4 percent of African Americans have ...
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... 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 also three times more ...
... 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 also three times more ...
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... white adults.32 White youths are 14 percent more likely to engage in regular exercise than African American youths.33 Seventy-one percent of African Americans across the United States live in counties that violate federal air pollution ...
... white adults.32 White youths are 14 percent more likely to engage in regular exercise than African American youths.33 Seventy-one percent of African Americans across the United States live in counties that violate federal air pollution ...
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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