Book
The impact of slavery in America
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
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Politics and government > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
- Racism > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- Slavery > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
- United States > Race relations > History > Juvenile literature.