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The great wells of democracy : the meaning of race in American life
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"In this long-awaited book, acclaimed historian, activist, and writer Manning Marable challenges us to rethink the meaning of race in America. Marable offers his unique take on the history of struc...
"In this long-awaited book, acclaimed historian, activist, and writer Manning Marable challenges us to rethink the meaning of race in America. Marable offers his unique take on the history of structural racism since the 17th century, revealing its strange and stubborn adaptation to every age in the form of slavery, Jim Crow, and the modern ghetto. On this foundation he builds a stunning critique of contemporary racial politics, and looks beyond the impasse of liberal strategies such as affirmative action to new ideas that will fulfill the promise of what Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the great wells of democracy.""--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Manning Marable
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- English
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- New York : BasicCivitas Books, [2002]
- ©2002
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- xvii, 365 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780465043934, 0465043933
- OCLC
- ocn317559026, ocm50773615
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-352) and index.
- 1. Introduction: What We Talk About When We Talk About Race -- Pt. 1. The American Dilemma -- 2. Structural Racism: A Short History -- Pt. 2. The Retreat from Equality -- 3. The Politics of Race and the Limits of Electoral Reform -- 4. Losing the Initiative on Race -- 5. Race and Educational Inequality -- 6. Facing the Demon Head On: Race and the Prison Industrial Complex -- 7. The Death of the Talented Tenth -- Pt. 3. Reconstructing Racial Politics -- 8. Building Democracy from Below: Community Empowerment -- 9. Forty Acres and a Mule: The Case for Black Reparations -- 10. The Hip-Hop Revolution -- 11. When the Spirit Moves: The Politics of Black Faith -- 12. 9/11: Racism in the Time of Terror -- 13. Epilogue: The Souls of White Folk