{"product_id":"at-the-dangerous-edge-of-thomas-fensch-9780983229667","title":"at the dangerous edge of social justice: race, violence and death in America","description":"at the dangerous edge of social justice is a book of profiles on courage on facing prejudice in America. Chapters include: Emmett Till, killed at 14 in 1955; Medgar Evers, killed at 37 in 1963; Malcolm X, killed at 39 in 1965; Martin Luther King, Jr., killed at 39, in 1968, James Byrd Jr. killed at 49 in 1998, Trayvon Martin, killed at 17 in 2012. Other chapters include: John Howard Griffin, who died his skin black and wrote the classic \"Black Like Me\"; Grace Halsell, who died her skin black and wrote \"Soul Sister\"; civil rights icons Fannie Lou Hamer and Rosa Parks, Rodney King and others. Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr's \"I Have a Dream\" speech,\" an Epilogue shows dramatically how far America is from being a fully post-racist society: blacks are still twice as likely as whites to live in poverty; twice as likely to be unemployed as whites; the net worth of white families is 22 times greater than black families -- and on and on -- This is a sad, tragic -- and powerful -- book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Fensch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098322966X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983229667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Century Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Thomas Fensch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443772403967,"sku":"9780983229667","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44a1cb7e-aca0-4aa5-8076-bd25ae88c32d.jpg?v=1777207744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-dangerous-edge-of-thomas-fensch-9780983229667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}