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The covenant with black America / introduction by Tavis Smiley.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : Third World Press, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 254 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0883782774
Other title:
  • Covenant [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.1196/073 22
LOC classification:
  • E185.86 .C5888 2006
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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 well-being. Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink; and Cornel West, professor of religion at Princeton University. Each chapter outlines one key issue and provides a list of resources, suggestions for action, and a checklist for what concerned citizens can do to keep their communities progressing socially, politically, and economically. This celebration of possibility, hope, and strength will help leaders and citizens keep Black America moving forward.--From publisher description.
Item type: Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection
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Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection DWB Special Leadership Collection E 185.86 .C5888 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA019871 Available AUA019871

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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 well-being. Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink; and Cornel West, professor of religion at Princeton University. Each chapter outlines one key issue and provides a list of resources, suggestions for action, and a checklist for what concerned citizens can do to keep their communities progressing socially, politically, and economically. This celebration of possibility, hope, and strength will help leaders and citizens keep Black America moving forward.--From publisher description.