2009 state of black America by Jones, Stephanie J instant download

2009 state of black America by Jones, Stephanie J instant download

290 pages ; 23 cm, From the presidents desk / Marc H. Morial -- The National Urban League 2009 Equality Index (Introduction to the 2009 Equality Index / Valerie Rawlston Wilson, Ph.D. -- 2009 Equality Index / Ana Orozco and Robert Tomarelli of Global Insight, Inc.), Essays on the state of Black America. Education (Letter to the president / Isiah R. Hall, New York, New York -- Essay 1 The question before us: opportunity, education and equity / Hal F. Smith, Ed.D. -- Essay 2 Needed: equality in education / Congressman Chaka Fattah -- Essay 3 From miracle to movement: mandating a national opportunity to learn / John H. Jackson, Ph.D.) -- Health (Letter to the president / Erica Marie Williams, Cincinnati, Ohio -- Essay 4 Improving African Americans' access to quality healthcare / Darrel J. Gaskin, Ph.D. -- Essay 5 Health is where the home is: the relationship between housing, neighborhoods and health status / Eboni Morris and Lisa Bland Malone) -- Jobs (Letter to the president / Sam Gordon, III, Atlanta, Geogia -- Essays 6 Infrastructure and job creation -- a priority for urban America / Senator Christopher J. Dodd -- Essay 7 Why reduce African-American male unemployment? / William M. Rodgers, III, Ph.D. -- Essay 8 Nothing trickles down: how Reaganomics failed America / William E. Spriggs, Ph.D. -- Essay 9 The coming green economy / J. Phillip Thompson, Ph.D.) -- Homeownership (Letter to the president / Malinda Dokes, Norfolk, Virginia -- Essay 10 What must be done? the case for more homeownership and financial education counseling / Cy Richardson -- Essay 11 The subprime meltdown: disarming the \"weapons of mass deception\" / Stephanie J. Jones, J.D. -- Essay 12 Wealth for life / Earl G. Graves, Jr.), Lessons from the president. The fullness of time for a more perfect union: the movement continues / Gwendolyn Grant -- Report from the National Urban League Policy Institute. Economic stimulus and job creation in urban communities / Valerie Rawlston, Ph.D. and Bernard E.