Race & reconciliation in America /

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Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cohen, William S., Cohen, Janet Langhart, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2009.
Temas:
Racism > United States.
Reconciliation > Social aspects > United States.
Reconciliation > Political aspects > United States.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Réconciliation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Réconciliation > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
REFERENCE.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Race relations
Racism
Reconciliation > Political aspects
Ethnische Beziehung.
Politik.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all. While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years--including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State--it's clear that our journey to a post-racial era is far from complete. In virtually every measurable category, whether income levels, job op.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 214 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes index.
ISBN:9780739135525
073913552X
1282494481
9781282494480
9786612494482
6612494484

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