America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
- Synopsis
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Gates, the eminent Harvard scholar and author, traveled around the US to find out why and how black America has split into what he sees as two distinct communities: one privileged and one disenfranchised. The book, the companion to a PBS television series of the same name, comprises about 40 essays focusing on individuals (both prominent and obscure) who inhabit four spheres: the "ebony towers" of academia, government, and business; the American South, whose black population increased by almost 3.6 million in the 1990s; black Hollywood; and Chicago's South Side, where a parallel world of extreme black poverty persists. Gates' interviewees talk about race, class, and what it means to be African-American in the 21st century. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 41 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780446533904
- Related ISBNs:
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9780446693905,
9780446533911
- Publisher:
- Grand Central Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 06/09/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Nonfiction,
Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
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