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"Students will learn more about America's thriving Black communities, from Tulsa's Black Wall Street to Allensworth, California. These towns and neighborhoods are often ignored in discussions on Black America and their success was often met with resistance--often violent resistance. This book illuminates the achievement and culture of these communities, while exploring racism in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way"--Provided by publisher.

In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much -- until two inspiring high school science teachers convinced the boys to enter the competition. Up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, this team of underdogs from Phoenix, Arizona, scraped together spare parts and a few small donations to astound not only the competition's judges but themselves, too.

Explores the benefits and drawbacks of paying college athletes.

A critique of white American class structure, arguing that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass.

Explores the disparities in opportunities for minorities in the United states, discussing assumptions and solutions that may not be possible.

"Argues that we live in a country founded on a "value gap"--with white lives valued more than others--that still distorts our politics today"--Provided by publisher.

Reveals the hard economic realities of the cocoa trade, from the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans.

Explores the history of successful Black communities in the United States, highlighting their entrepreneurs, politicians, inventors, scholars, bankers, doctors, and business owners. Includes photographs, a glossary, sidebars, an activity, and further resources.

An updated version of the author's book 'Marching Toward Madness,' which includes a consideration of the college athlete and whether those athletes should be paid, discussing the history of the student athlete; the ideals that those role models have inspired; and comprehensive reforms to end cheating and corruption in college sports while putting academics first.