The Covenant with Black America, Volume 97Tavis Smiley Six years' worth of symposiums come together in this rich collection of essays that plot a course for African Americans, explaining how individuals and households can make changes that will immediately improve their circumstances in areas ranging from health and education to crime reduction and financial well-being. Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink; and Cornell West, professor of Religion at Princeton University. Each chapter outlines one key issue and provides a list of resources, suggestions for action, and a checklist for what concerned citizens can do to keep their communities progressing socially, politically, and economically. Though the African American community faces devastating social disparities--in which more than 8 million people live in poverty--this celebration of possibility, hope, and strength will help leaders and citizens keep Black America moving forward. |
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... adults , compared with 14 percent of white adults , scored in the lowest category of the National Adult Literacy sur- vey . The results indicate that blacks have more limited skills in process- ing information from articles , books ...
... adults , compared with 14 percent of white adults , scored in the lowest category of the National Adult Literacy sur- vey . The results indicate that blacks have more limited skills in process- ing information from articles , books ...
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... adult criminal court process is much more rigid and antagonistic , housing youth- ful offenders with adults compounds an already difficult situation.41 Studies show that not only are many children in adult court unable to understand ...
... adult criminal court process is much more rigid and antagonistic , housing youth- ful offenders with adults compounds an already difficult situation.41 Studies show that not only are many children in adult court unable to understand ...
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... adults who were determined to raise bold , proud , intellectually curious children , shielded from the sting of discrimination . My family must have been a powerful black fam- ily because within two years of our moving into the 4900 ...
... adults who were determined to raise bold , proud , intellectually curious children , shielded from the sting of discrimination . My family must have been a powerful black fam- ily because within two years of our moving into the 4900 ...
Contents
Establishing A System of Public Education In Which | 23 |
Correcting The System Of Unequal Justice | 47 |
Introductory Essay by Oleta Fitzgerald and Sarah BobrowWilliams | 163 |
Copyright | |
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