| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 254 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Tavis Smiley -- Statement of purpose / Marian Wright Edelman -- Afterword / Haki R. Madhubuti -- A call to action / Cornel West. |
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Securing the right to healthcare and well-being -- Establishing a system of public education in which all children achieve at high levels and reach their full potential -- Correcting the system of unequal justice -- Fostering accountable community-centered policing -- Ensuring broad access to affordable neighborhoods that connect to opportunity -- Claiming our democracy -- Strengthening our rural roots -- Accessing good jobs, wealth, and economic prosperity -- Assuring environmental justice for all -- Closing the racial digital divide. |
| Summary |
Six years' worth of symposiums come together in this 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 Cornel West, professor of religion at Princeton University.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Race relations.
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African American leadership.
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| Cover Title |
Covenant |
| ISBN |
0883782774 |
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9780883782774 |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2397800 |
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