Description: "To be Black in America is to exist amongst myriad contradictions: racial progress and regression, abject poverty amidst profound wealth, discriminatory policing yet equal protection under the law. This book explores these contradictions to provide a sociology of Black lives in America today"--
Review Quotes: �Branch and Jackson present a compelling and engaging analysis of how past and present practices have affected Black people, even while Blackness takes on multiple forms, including the diverse ways Black people have resisted racist social structures. This book will be a great teaching resource.�
Margaret L. Andersen, University of Delaware
�Powerfully written, well documented, theoretically sophisticated, and covering central themes of America�s racial history. This is the book we need for our courses on race matters in the United States. We owe a debt of gratitude to the authors.�
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University