The impact of slavery in America / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD ; with Gail Radley.

Title:

ISBN:

9781532119255

Personal Author:

Harris, Duchess

Publication Information:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2020]

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Fighting to be free -- The long road toward equality -- Issues in entertainment -- Education: separate and unequal -- Help wanted! -- Where is home? -- Policing, profiling, and prison -- Where we are and where we're going.

Summary:

"Explores the present-day repercussions of slavery on US society, including in housing, education, health care, and the justice system"--Publisher's website.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations -- History

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History

African Americans -- Social conditions

African Americans -- Politics and government

Civil rights movements--United States -- History 20th century

Racism--United States -- History

Slavery--United States -- History

Black people--United States -- Civil rights -- History.

Black people--United States -- Social conditions.

Black people--United States -- Politics and government.