In 1943, before the Montgomery Bus Boycott, civil rights activist Ella Baker, while adhering to Jim Crow law regarding the separation of dining services on trains, was still hassled because she was too close to Whites who were eating at ...
This is the quintessential American paradox: our embrace of the ideals of meritocracy despite the systemic racial advantages and disadvantages accrued across generations. This book provides a sociology of the Black American experience.
A percentage of the revenue from this book's sales will be donated to three organizations: Black Lives Matter, Equal Justice Initiative, and Color of Change.
This is the quintessential American paradox: our embrace of the ideals of meritocracy despite the systemic racial advantages and disadvantages accrued across generations. This book provides a sociology of the Black American experience.
Black in America examines what bias looks like, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address it.