The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality, Paperback

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We are well aware of the rise of the 1% as the rapid growth of economic inequality has put the majority of the world's wealth in the pockets of few...

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Do you want an end to war and inequality? Listen to your starving ancestors for clues to a solution.

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Reducere. DescriptionAmerican Founders reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how bla...

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As downward mobility continues to be an international issue, Robin Brooks offers a timely intervention between the humanities and social sciences b...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Destin JenkinsIllustration(s): 26 halftones, 10 tablesNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 20...

It was a warm afternoon; I was riding in the car. I'd been going through numerous challenges so much so that I started to ponder if it was God. I w...

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Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Claire DunningIllustration(s): 23 halftonesNumber of pages: 336Collection: Historical Studies ...

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The Strangers Book explores how various nineteenth-century African American writers radically reframed the terms of humanism by redefining what it ...

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Publisher: Citadel Press Inc., U.S.Author(s): Michael L. LanningNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 226 x 28Cover type: Pap...

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