False black power? /

Black civil rights leaders have long supported ethnic identity politics and prioritized the integration of political institutions, and seldom has that strategy been questioned. In False Black Power?, Jason L. Riley takes an honest, factual look at why increased black political power has not paid off...

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Main Author: Riley, Jason L., 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : Templeton Press, [2017]
Series:New threats to freedom series.
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