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Book

The impact of slavery in America

Call Number

  • 305.896 H3138 TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2019]

Physical Description

112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Summary

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

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.

Subjects

Added Authors

Gail Radley