For the updated South End Press Classics edition of this critically acclaimed work, Marable has written a new Introduction and updated the book's tables and charts with the new data on African-American poverty, health, employment, and education, as well as other demographics.
Marable offers profound insight into the deeply intertwined problems of race and class in the United States historically - and today.
Table of Contents:
A Critical Reassessment
I. The Black Majority: The Domestic Periphery
- The Crisis of the Black Working Class
- The Black Poor: Highest Stage of Underdevelopment
- Grounding with My Sisters: Patriarchy and the Exploitation of Black Women
- Black Prisoners and Punishment in a Racist / Capitalist State
II. The Black Elite: The Domestic Core
- Black Capitalism: Entrepreneurs, Consumers, and the Historical Evolution of the Black Market
- Black Brahmins: The Underdevelopment of Black Political Leadership
- The Ambiguous Politics of the Black Church / 8 The Destruction of Black Education
III. A Question of Genocide
- The Meaning of Racist Violence in Late Capitalism
- Conclusion: Towards a Socialist America
ISBN 0 89608 579 1, South End Press, Paperback, 353 pages
