From a venerated and bestselling voice on American life comes a contemporary look at the decline of black rage; the demise of white guilt; and the intergenerational shifts in how blacks and whites vie
With a compassionate eloquence reminiscent of James Baldwin's Letter to My Nephew, Ellis Cose presents a realistic examination of the challenges facing black men in modern America.Black men have neve
“In a stunningly original book, Ellis Cose cuts to the very core of free speech battles. Ordinary people are being held captive by earsplitting political voices while not enough Americans are protecti
Is a truly race-netrual society possible? Can the United States wipe the slate clean and surmount the racism of its past? Or is color blindness just another name for denial? In this penetrating and p
A controversial and widely heralded look at the race-related pain and anger felt by the most respected, best educated, and wealthiest members of the black community.
In a world riven by conflict, reconciliation is not always possible -- but it offers one of the few paths to peace for a troubled nation or a troubled soul. In Bone to Pick, bestselling author and Ne
?A tremendously important book?gracefully done, painfully perceptive?fearless in its honesty.??Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities ?The most authoritative accounting I?ve seen of where our c
Reifowitz (history, State U. of New York-Empire State College) examines President Obama's attempt to transform how Americans define themselves and how his understanding of what it means to be an Ameri
