The civil rights movement of the 1960s improved the political and legal status of African Americans, but the quest for equality in employment and economic well-

Shortly before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. called for a radical redistribution of economic and political power to transform the whole of society.

Explores reasons for women's continued economic disadvantage and the conflicts women feel between career and family, which men do not. Offers proposals that wou

"An analysis of economic issues and political conditions for black Americans, based on quantitative and qualitative data from six Florida cities"--Provided by p

The winner of the 2004 W.E.B. DuBois Book Award, NCOBPS and the2004 Michael Harrington Award "for an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be u