Solutions for Black America - Softcover

Contending that the media and the black community allocate too much of their efforts to talking about the problems afflicting the African American community, this book attempts to reverse that trend by offering solutions in many areas, including education, family, health, economics, politics, organising, and Afrocentricity. Concerned that one-third of black America and one-half of its children live below the poverty line, activist and educator Jawanza Kunjufu expresses his concern about whether affirmative action and integration have really helped this population. Many diverse schools of thought are expressed, from the differences between Ward Connerly and Jesse Jackson and between US Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas and Al Sharpton. Also addressed is what percentage of the problem and their solutions lie with the effects of slavery and what portion should be addressed by self-responsibility.

Carter G. Woodson was the founder of Black History Week. He wrote "The Negro in Our History, The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861, A Century of Negro Migration," and "The African Background Outlined," He died in 1950. Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu is the author of "Lessons from History" and "Restoring the Village," He lives in Chicago.