The covenant with black America / introduction by Tavis Smiley.
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...
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Chicago :
Third World Press,
[2006], ©2006.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 254 pages ; 23 cm |
| Variant Title: |
Covenant. [Cover title] |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction / Tavis Smiley
- Statement of purpose / Marian Wright Edelman
- 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
- Afterword / Haki R. Madhubuti
- A call to action / Cornel West.