The Covenant with Black America - ten years later
Tavis Smiley (Editor)
In 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 felƯlow 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
1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : illustrations
9781401951504, 1401951503
933845873
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: Tavis Smiley; Statement of Purpose: Marian Wright Edelman; Covenant I: Securing the Right to Health Care and Well-Being Introductory Essay by David M. Satcher, M.D., Ph. D.; Ten Years Later by Kosali Simon, Ph. D.; Angshuman Gooptu; Seth Freedman, Ph. D.; and Victoria Perez, Ph. D.; Covenant II: Establishing a System of Public Education in Which All Children Achieve at High Levels and Reach Their Full Potential Introductory Essay by Edmund W. Gordon, Ed. D.; Ten Years Later by Ashlyn Aiko Nelson, Ph. D., and Bee Smale Covenant III: Correcting the System of Unequal Justice Introductory Essay by James BellTen Years Later by Beth Cate and Andrea Need; Covenant IV: Fostering Accountable Community-Centered Policing Introductory Essay by Maya Harris; Ten Years Later by Jeremy G. Carter, Ph. D.; Covenant V: Ensuring Broad Access to Affordable Neighborhoods That Connect to Opportunity Introductory Essay by Angela Glover Blackwell; Ten Years Later by Michael McGuire, Ph. D.; Covenant VI: Claiming Our Democracy Introductory Essay by Wade Henderson; Ten Years Later by Lisa Blomgren Amsler Covenant VII: Strengthening Our Rural Roots Introductory Essay by Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald and Sarah Bobrow-WilliamsTen Years Later by Michael McGuire, Ph. D.; Covenant VIII: Accessing Good Jobs, Wealth, and Economic Prosperity Introductory Essay by Marc H. Morial; Ten Years Later by David Audretsch, Ph. D.; Covenant IX: Assuring Environmental Justice for All Introductory Essay by Robert D. Bullard; Ten Years Later by Kenneth R. Richards, Ph. D.; Covenant X: Closing the Racial Digital Divide Introductory Essay by Tyrone D. Taborn; Ten Years Later by Michael McGuire, Ph. D. A Call to Action: Cornel WestEndnotes; Acknowledgments; About the Author