"The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from
across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to
deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate
policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge
what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations
around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial
justice." —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling
author of How to Be an
Antiracist and Stamped
From the Beginning
From
ongoing reports of police brutality to the disproportionate impact
COVID-19 has had on Black Americans, 2020 brought a renewed awareness
to the deep-rootedness of racism and white supremacy in every facet
of American life.
Edited
by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is the first
book of its kind—a bold and urgent move towards social justice
through a profound collection of essays featuring Black scholars and
experts across economics, education, health, climate, and technology.
It speaks to the question "What's next for America?" on the
subjects of policy-making, mental health, artificial intelligence,
climate movement, the future of work, the LGBTQ community, the
criminal legal system, and much more.
Essayists
including Dr. Sandy Darity, Dr. Hedwig Lee, Mary Heglar, and Janelle
Jones present groundbreaking ideas ranging from Black maternal and
infant health to reparations to AI bias to inclusive economic policy,
with the potential to uplift and heal not only Black America, but the
entire country.