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Blacks and the Quest for Economic Equality: The Political Economy of Employment in Southern Communities in the United States

Blacks and the Quest for Economic Equality: The Political Economy of Employment in Southern Communities in the United States

Rienzo, Barbara A.
Button, James W.
Croucher, Sheila L.

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General Racism & Ethnic StudiesSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0271035560
ISBN13: 9780271035567
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Sep 22 2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

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-being has lagged behind. Blacks are more than twice as likely as whites to be employed in lower-paying service jobs or to be unemployed, are three times as likely to live in poverty, and have a median household income barely half of that for white households. What accounts for these disparities, and what possibilities are there for overcoming obstacles to black economic progress? This book seeks answers to these questions through a combined quantitative and qualitative study of six municipalities in Florida.

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