In Search of Black America: Discovering the Africanamerican Dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743203050)

"Candid and consistently engaging, Dent's work contributes to a better understanding of the role of race in American life."

--Publishers Weekly

This landmark work looks at the lives of African Americans throughout the United States and challenges the typical notions of race across the nation.

Noted journalist and professor David Dent spent five years crisscrossing America on a mission to expose prevalent myths and stereotypes. With tape recorder in hand, he stopped in Detroit, Washington, D.C., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Gallipolis, Ohio, Seattle, Virginia, and many other places, documenting widespread diversity in the lives of the black majority--middle and upper-middle class African Americans.

Candid and honest, controversial and pragmatic, and peopled with an eclectic and insightful array of characters, In Search of Black America is written with journalistic fervor and will change the way people view this piece of America that is often over-looked and little understood. This important and timely book is an invaluable addition to the ever-evolving debate about race in America.

Author: David J. Dent
ISBN-10: 0743203054
ISBN-13: 9780743203050
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2001
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.58w x 1.14d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/04/2001 pg. 32