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Title:

The African-American predicament / Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., editor.

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

x, 216 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Civil rights.
Afro-Americans--Social conditions--1975-
Afro-Americans--Civil rights.
Afro-Americans--Social conditions--1975-
United States--Race relations.
United States--Forecasting.--Forecasting.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Forecasting.--Forecasting.

Other Authors:

Foreman, Christopher H.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

pt. 1. The predicament. The rough road to racial uplift / Christopher H. Foreman Jr. ; The two nations of Black America / Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; The legacy of slavery / Glenn C. Loury -- pt. 2. Affirmative action. Black progress / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom ; Affirmative action / Orlando Patterson -- pt. 3. Education. The Black-white test score gap / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips ; Race, education, and equal opportunity / Linda Darling-Hammond ; Vouchers and central city schools / Paul E. Peterson and Jay P. Greene -- pt. 4. Community. Impediments to integration / Nathan Glazer ; Black churches and the inner-city poor / John J. DiIulio, Jr. -- pt. 5. Politics. American racial and ethnic politics in the twenty-first century / Jennifer L. Hochschild ; The unsteady march toward racial equality / Philip A. Klinkner and Rogers M. Smith ; The moral basis of a color-blind politics / Paul M. Sniderman and Edward G. Carmines.

ISBN:

9780815728801 (cloth)
0815728808 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41649563

LCCN:

99006675

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)