The State of Black America

Progress, Pitfalls, and the Promise of the Republic

Center for Urban Renewal and Education, William B. Allen

• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781641772679
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Social Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

~An incisive collection of essays that reveals the past, present, and future strength of Black America as the best hope for a nation that has lost faith in itself.~ In a nation that is tearing itself apart over race, trying to speak honestly about the state of Black America is a perilous task. Candor and thoughtfulness are often drowned by hysteria, expediency, and sentimentalism. The State of Black America seeks to restore these sorely needed virtues to the present discourse, assembling a company of scholars who confront our nation's troubled racial history even as they bear witness to the promise the American heritage contains for Blacks.The eight essays in this volume bring clarity to the murky darkness of America's race debates, reviewing and building upon the latest scholarship into the character, shape, and tendencies of life for Black Americans. Together, they tell a story of Black America's astounding success in integrating into mainstream American culture and propose that Black patriotism is the key to overcoming what problems remain.Featuring scholarship from a variety of disciplines, including history, economics, social science, and political philosophy, The State of Black America offers to the world a "toolbox" of intellectual resources to aid careful and sound thinking on one of the most fraught issues of our time.Featuring contributions from W.B. Allen, Mikael Good, Edward J. Erler, Robert D. Bland, Glenn Loury, Ian V. Rowe, Precious D. Hall, Daphne Cooper, Star Parker, and Robert Borens.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The State of Black America
• 2. The Fourteenth Amendment and the Completion of the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Reconstruction
• 3. The Last Generation of Radical Republicans: Race and the Legacy of Reconstruction in the American South, 1877–1915
• 4. Competing Visions
• 5. Whose Fourth of July? Black Patriotism and Racial Inequality in America
• 6. Creating an Opportunity Society and Upward Mobility for the Black Community and People of All Races
• 7. Poverty in the African American Community: A Twenty-First-Century Approach to Measuring Economic Progress
• 8. Marriage, Family, Abortion, and Poverty in Black America
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Notes
• Index