Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers, Second Edition

A completely revised and updated handbook of eye-opening-and frequently myth-busting-facts and figures about the real lives of Black Americans today, called “a gift of knowledge” by Susan Taylor, former editor-in-chief of Essence magazineThere’s no defeating white supremacist myths without real data.Hailed as “an important resource for anyone seeking a better understanding of . . . Black America” (Benjamin Todd Jealous, former NAACP president and CEO), this completely revised and updated edition of Black Stats offers new facts, critical analyses, and information on the current state of Black life in the United States, at the quarter-century mark, unhindered by jargon and assumptions. Monique Couvson, author of the acclaimed Pushout, has compiled statistics from a broad spectrum of telling categories that illustrate the quality of life and the possibility of (and barriers to) advancement for a group at the heart of American society.With fascinating information on a wide range of topics