Tragic Failure - Racial Integration In America

Wicker, Tom

ISBN 10: 0688106293 / ISBN 13: 9780688106294

Published by William Morrow and Compnay, New York, 1996

About this Item

218 pages including notes and index. The dust jacket has the price clipped and some shelf wear but is in overall very good condition. The book itself has minor shelf wear and slight stains on the edges but is in overall fine condition. This book is written from the point of view of an eyewitness to the history of race relations in America. It is good for students of history.

Seller Inventory # 000781

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tragic Failure - Racial Integration In America
• Publisher: William Morrow and Compnay, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0688106293
• ISBN 13: 9780688106294
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

For twenty-five years Tom Wicker wrote for The New York Times with passion and intelligence, educating a generation of readers on important social and political issues of the day. In Tragic Failure, this keen observer assesses the failure of racial integration in America.

Thirty years after the landmark achievements of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, racial equality has made little progress and has, in fact, suffered setbacks as issues such as affirmative action, welfare reform, crime, and unemployment have made race the subtext for bitter political debate. Here, Mr. Wicker examines the current state of race relations and proposes some bold solutions-including major political realignment-to the disturbing and complex problems of race in America.

About the Author

Tom Wicker retired as a political columnist for The New York Times in 1991, having won numerous awards and accolades. Author of nine novels and five nonfiction books, he lives in New York City and Rochester, Vermont.