In Search Of Black America: Discovering The Africanamerican Dream

“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...