America's Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race

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The book is a compilation of the best and still-most-relevant articles published in Poverty & Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty & Race Research Action Council from 2006 to the present. Authors are some of the leading figures in a range of activities around these themes. It is the fourth such book PRRAC has published over the years, each with a high-visibility foreword writer: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Bill Bradley, Julian Bond in previous books, Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago for this book. The chapters are organized into four sections: Race & Poverty: The Structural Underpinnings; Deconstructing Poverty and Racial Inequities; Re(emerging) Issues; Civil Rights History.

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We are living in a truly extraordinary moment in our history, plagued with economic inequality and rampant injustices. Americas Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race is an essential tool to educate, inspire, and energize people to fight for necessary change. -- Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
You need this helpful ammunition in the fight against inequality! -- Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP
A very helpful analysis of our societys deep-seated, persistent and shameful problems, along with guidelines for reform. -- Lani Guinier, Harvard Law School

Author Bio

Chester Hartman director of research at Poverty & Race Research Action Council.