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The great wells of democracy : the meaning of race in American life / Manning Marable.
Van Pelt Library E185.615 .M283 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marable, Manning, 1950-2011.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Racism--Political aspects--United States.
- Racism.
- Racism--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 365 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : BasicCivitas Books, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Race 1
- Part 1 The American Dilemma
- 2 Structural Racism: A Short History 21
- Part 2 The Retreat From Equality
- 3 The Politics of Race and the Limits of Electoral Reform 67
- 4 Losing the Initiative on Race 93
- 5 Race and Educational Inequality 125
- 6 Facing the Demon Head On: Race and the Prison Industrial Complex 147
- 7 The Death of the Talented Tenth 165
- Part 3 Reconstructing Racial Politics
- 8 Building Democracy from Below: Community Empowerment 195
- 9 Forty Acres and a Mule: The Case for Black Reparations 223
- 10 The Hip-Hop Revolution 255
- 11 When the Spirit Moves: The Politics of Black Faith 271
- 12 9/11: Racism in the Time of Terror 293
- 13 Epilogue: The Souls of White Folk 319.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465043933
- OCLC:
- 50773615
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