Bibliograph

Unequal, a story of America, Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

Type

Label

Unequal, a story of America, Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unequal

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

Sub title

a story of America

Summary

"Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Mary Church Terrell Fights Back Against Segregation -- Ida B. Wells Exposes America's Lynching Epidemic -- Buck Franklin Bears Witness to the Destruction of Black Wall Street -- Ned Cobb Confronts Racial Inequality on the Job -- Dr. Ossian Sweet Breaks Through the Color Line to Find a Home in Detroit -- Pauli Murray Discovers the Key to Ending Segregation in Schools -- Daisy Myers Integrates the White Suburbs -- Malcolm X Launches a Struggle Against Police Brutality -- Fannie Lou Hamer Takes Back the Right to Vote -- James Meredith Integrates the University of Mississippi -- Martin Rev. Dr. Luther King Jr. and Memphis's Sanitation Workers Protest for Equal Pay -- John Carlos and Tommie Smith Raise a Fist for Black Pride -- Ruth Batson Uncovers Segregation in Boston -- Michelle Alexander Confronts the New Jim Crow -- Barack Obama, Catherine Flowers, and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha Expose America's Crisis of Environmental Racism -- Yusuf Salaam Battles Racial Profiling -- Stacey Abrams Leads the Fight Against Voter Suppression -- Dr. Susan Moore Calls Out America's Unequal Health Care -- The Black Lives Matter Movement Opens the Final Battle for Racial Equality -- Nikole Hannah-Jones Taps into the Power of History

Target audience

adolescent

Classification