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Also by Tavis Smiley:

50 for Your Future, April 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
My Journey with Maya, April 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Death of a King, September 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Rich And The Rest Of Us, April 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Fail Up, May 2011
Hardcover
Accountable, February 2009
Hardcover
The Covenant with Black America, January 2006
Paperback (reprint)

THE COVENANT WITH BLACK AMERICA
By: Tavis Smiley

Third World Press
January 2006
On Sale: January 1, 2006
205 pages
ISBN: 0883782774
EAN: 9780883782774
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction

Six years' worth of symposiums come together in this rich collection of essays that plot a course for African Americans, explaining how individuals and households can make changes that will immediately improve their circumstances in areas ranging from health and education to crime reduction and financial well-being. Addressing these pressing concerns are contributors Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general; Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Angela Glover Blackwell, founder of the research think tank PolicyLink; and Cornel West, professor of Religion at Princeton University. Each chapter outlines one key issue and provides a list of resources, suggestions for action, and a checklist for what concerned citizens can do to keep their communities progressing socially, politically, and economically. Though the African American community faces devastating social disparities—in which more than 8 million people live in poverty—this celebration of possibility, hope, and strength will help leaders and citizens keep Black America moving forward.