KNOW YOUR PRICE: VALUING BLACK LIVES AND PROPERTY IN AMERICA’S BLACK CITIES

KNOW YOUR PRICE: VALUING BLACK LIVES AND PROPERTY IN AMERICA’S BLACK CITIESChanging perceptions about the worth of African Americans and their communities Know Your Price establishes new means of determining value of Black communities. The deliberate devaluation of Blacks and their communities, stemming from America's centuries old history of slavery, racism, and other state sanctioned policies like redlining have tangible, far reaching, and negative economic and social impacts. Rejecting policies shaped by flawed

First Edition (January 16

Walker shines a little light on a wacky family reunion with her usual inspirational

That's what Nefertiti

1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant

And the writers' personal identities--as black women

the role of implicit bias

and honestly—Alice Walker has given us a gift we will never be able to repay

and insightful collection of short stories from National Book Award-winning author

President Barack Obama

I still think there is no other work that tells and visualizes a story of such misery with seriousness

ISBN-10 : 0142419524

have a career and stay healthy when you don't have a partner to pick up the slack