And we are not saved : the elusive quest for racial justice / Derrick Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Derrick, 1930-2011, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 pages)

Other Title:

Elusive quest for racial justice

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to probe the foundations of America's racial attitudes and raise disturbing questions about the nature of our society.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Legal Hurdles to Racial Justice; Prologue to Part I; 1. The Real Status of Blacks Today; 2, The Benefits to Whites of Civil Rights Litigation; 3. The Racial Limitation on Black Voting Power; 4. Neither Separate Schools Nor Mixed Schools; 5. The Racial Barrier to Reparations; 6. The Unspoken Limit on Affirmative Action; 7. The Declining Importance of the Equal-Protection Clause; Part II. The Social Affliction of Racism; Prologue to Part II; 8. The Race-Charged Relationship of Black Men and Black Women; 9. The Right to Decolonize Black Minds

Part III. Divining a Nation's SalvationPrologue to Part III; 10. Salvation for All: The Ultimate Civil Rights Strategy; Appendix; Notes; Index

Notes:

New appendix for classroom discussion

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7867-2269-X

OCLC:

784885619

Publisher Number:

2027/heb33002 hdl