The State of Black America
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The State of Black America

Progress, Pitfalls, and the Promise of the Republic

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The State of Black America

Progress, Pitfalls, and the Promise of the Republic

About this book

~An incisive collection of essays that reveals the past, present, and future strength of Black America as the best hope for a nation that has lost faith in itself.~ In a nation that is tearing itself apart over race, trying to speak honestly about the state of Black America is a perilous task. Candor and thoughtfulness are often drowned by hysteria, expediency, and sentimentalism. The State of Black America seeks to restore these sorely needed virtues to the present discourse, assembling a company of scholars who confront our nation's troubled racial history even as they bear witness to the promise the American heritage contains for Blacks.The eight essays in this volume bring clarity to the murky darkness of America's race debates, reviewing and building upon the latest scholarship into the character, shape, and tendencies of life for Black Americans. Together, they tell a story of Black America's astounding success in integrating into mainstream American culture and propose that Black patriotism is the key to overcoming what problems remain.Featuring scholarship from a variety of disciplines, including history, economics, social science, and political philosophy, The State of Black America offers to the world a "toolbox" of intellectual resources to aid careful and sound thinking on one of the most fraught issues of our time.Featuring contributions from W.B. Allen, Mikael Good, Edward J. Erler, Robert D. Bland, Glenn Loury, Ian V. Rowe, Precious D. Hall, Daphne Cooper, Star Parker, and Robert Borens.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The State of Black America
  9. 2. The Fourteenth Amendment and the Completion of the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction
  10. 3. The Last Generation of Radical Republicans: Race and the Legacy of Reconstruction in the American South, 1877–1915
  11. 4. Competing Visions
  12. 5. Whose Fourth of July? Black Patriotism and Racial Inequality in America
  13. 6. Creating an Opportunity Society and Upward Mobility for the Black Community and People of All Races
  14. 7. Poverty in the African American Community: A Twenty-First-Century Approach to Measuring Economic Progress
  15. 8. Marriage, Family, Abortion, and Poverty in Black America
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Contributors
  18. Notes
  19. Index