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Overview"at the dangerous edge of social justice is a book of profiles on courage on facing prejudice in America. Chapters include: Emmett Till, killed at 14 in 1955; Medgar Evers, killed at 37 in 1963; Malcolm X, killed at 39 in 1965; Martin Luther King, Jr., killed at 39, in 1968, James Byrd Jr. killed at 49 in 1998, Trayvon Martin, killed at 17 in 2012. Other chapters include: John Howard Griffin, who died his skin black and wrote the classic ""Black Like Me""; Grace Halsell, who died her skin black and wrote ""Soul Sister""; civil rights icons Fannie Lou Hamer and Rosa Parks, Rodney King and others. Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr's ""I Have a Dream"" speech,"" an Epilogue shows dramatically how far America is from being a fully post-racist society: blacks are still twice as likely as whites to live in poverty; twice as likely to be unemployed as whites; the net worth of white families is 22 times greater than black families -- and on and on -- This is a sad, tragic -- and powerful -- book." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Fensch (Virginia Union University, USA)Publisher: New Century Books Imprint: New Century Books Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.517kg ISBN: 9780983229667ISBN 10: 098322966 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 22 November 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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