Bibliograph

We are not yet equal, understanding our racial divide, Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden

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We are not yet equal, understanding our racial divide, Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We are not yet equal

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1038025038

Responsibility statement

Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden

Sub title

understanding our racial divide

Summary

When America makes progress toward racial equality, the systemic response is a backlash that rolls back those wins. This edition adapted from the author's White Rage especially for teens illuminates these dark moments of history

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Nic Stone -- Prologue -- "Original sin" -- "But for your race" -- Forty acres and a mule -- Black codes -- "We showed our hand too soon" -- "Johnson is with us!" -- Courting justice -- Derailing the great migration -- The sweet ordeal -- Building toward Brown -- Beating down Brown -- The NAACP and Sputnik -- Rolling back civil rights -- "Like your whole world depended on it" -- In the crosshairs: the VRA -- Beating down Brown (again!) -- The Reagan revolution -- Crack -- "Streets cleared of garbage" -- Obama -- Shelby County vs. Holder: gutting the VRA -- "Why would they try to make people hate us?" -- Epilogue -- Discussion guide

Target audience

adult

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