| African Americans in Georgia: A Reflection of Politics and Policy in the New South Contributor(s): Ford, Pearl K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0881461849 ISBN-13: 9780881461848 Publisher: Mercer University Press OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 2010022882 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.18" W x 9.2" (1.31 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: African Americans in Georgia: A Reflection of Politics and Policy in the New South contains several important themes: voting, elementary and higher education, the quality of representation, and health care disparities. This volume provides an understanding of the intersection of race and region. In this Age of Obama, the idea that race is no longer a barrier to achievement is rampant. However the research presented here reveals that race and class-based problems remain and geography often is a contributing factor to those differences. Thus, this book provides a needed study of how race still matters in twenty-first-century America. The essays presented in this volume provide an understanding of progress but also the depths of the legacy of racial segregation now manifest in structural racism and public policy limitations. |