The State of Black America 2008
Subtitle: in the Black women's voice
By: foreword by Dorothy I. Height
Publisher: National Urban League
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780914758013
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Shouldering the third burden: the status of African-American women  -- Julianne Malveaux; title: The "invisibility blues" of Black women in America  -- Maudine R. Cooper; title: A pathway to school readiness: the impact of family on early childhood education  -- Renee R. Hanson; title: The triumphs and challenges of historically Black colleges and universities  -- Johnnetta Betsch Cole; title: African-American women and work: still a tale of two cities  -- Alexis Herman; title: Make room for the new "she"EOs: an analysis of business owned by Black females  -- Lucy J. Reuban; title: The subprime wipeout: unsustainable loans erase gains made by African-American women  -- Andrea Harris; title: Putting homeownership back within our reach  -- Lisa Mensah; title: National Urban League's Homebuyer's Bill of Rights --; title: Election reform: protecting our vote from the enemy who never sleeps  -- Melanie L. Campbell; title: The state of civil rights 2008  -- Kimberley Alton; title: The impact of health disparities in African-American women  -- Doris Browne; title: By the number: uninsured African-American women  -- Eboni D. Morris; title: Black love under siege  -- Susan Taylor; title: Weaving the fabric: the political activism of young African-American women  -- Tiffany Lindsay; title: Going in circles: the struggle to diversify popular images of Black women  -- Moya Bailey; title: Black women's hands can rock the world: global involvement and understanding -- Julianne Malveaux.