TY - BOOK TI - The covenant with black America SN - 0883782774 AV - E185.86 .C5888 2006 U1 - 323.1196/073 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago PB - Third World Press KW - African Americans KW - Social conditions KW - 1975- KW - Politics and government KW - African American leadership KW - United States KW - Race relations N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005911188-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005911188-d.html ER -