This wide-reaching survey of race relations in America over the past 50 years takes a controversial stance: that the perception of serious race divisions in this country is outdated--and dangerous.
This wide-reaching survey of race relations in America over the past 50 years takes a controversial stance: that the perception of serious race divisions in this country is outdated--and dangerous.
Stephan Thernstrom, the Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University, is the editor of The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups and the author of several other books.
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Contents Preface Introduction PART ONE History CHAPTER ONE Jim Crow CHAPTER TWO The Promised Land CHAPTER THREE Remarkable Change CHAPTER FOUR Amazing Patience CHAPTER FIVE We Shall Overcome CHAPTER SIX Coming Together -- and Apart PART TWO Out of the Sixties: Recent Social, Economic, and Political Trends CHAPTER SEVEN The Rise of the Black Middle Class CHAPTER EIGHT Cities and Suburbs CHAPTER NINE Poverty CHAPTER TEN Crime CHAPTER ELEVEN Politics PART THREE Equality and Preferences: The Changing Racial Climate CHAPTER TWELVE With All Deliberate Speed CHAPTER THIRTEEN Skills, Tests, and Diversity CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Higher Learning CHAPTER FIFTEEN Jobs and Contracts CHAPTER SIXTEEN Voting Rights CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Racial Climate CONCLUSION: One Nation, Indivisible Notes List of Tables Index
Contents Preface Introduction PART ONE History CHAPTER ONE Jim Crow CHAPTER TWO The Promised Land CHAPTER THREE Remarkable Change CHAPTER FOUR Amazing Patience CHAPTER FIVE We Shall Overcome CHAPTER SIX Coming Together -- and Apart PART TWO Out of the Sixties: Recent Social, Economic, and Political Trends CHAPTER SEVEN The Rise of the Black Middle Class CHAPTER EIGHT Cities and Suburbs CHAPTER NINE Poverty CHAPTER TEN Crime CHAPTER ELEVEN Politics PART THREE Equality and Preferences: The Changing Racial Climate CHAPTER TWELVE With All Deliberate Speed CHAPTER THIRTEEN Skills, Tests, and Diversity CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Higher Learning CHAPTER FIFTEEN Jobs and Contracts CHAPTER SIXTEEN Voting Rights CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Racial Climate CONCLUSION: One Nation, Indivisible Notes List of Tables Index
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