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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ten Challenges to Black America | |
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| What Leading African Americans Have to Say About How to Make Black America Better | |
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| "Each Other's Keeper" | |
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| "History, Heritage, and Hope" | |
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| "How We, as African Americans, Can Improve Our Community and Our Country in the Twenty-first Century" | |
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| "Making Black America Better" | |
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| "Controlling Our Destinies" | |
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| "Hard Truths" | |
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| "The Freedom Symphony's Fourth Movement" | |
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| "Rising Just a Bit Higher" | |
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| "Cherished" | |
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| "Updating Our Battles" | |
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| "Getting Along" | |
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| "Full Political Participation" | |
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| "Rebuilding Black America" | |
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| "Leveraging Our Power" | |
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| "Behaving Better" | |
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| "A Community of Accomplishment" | |
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| "The Digital Age" | |
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| "What We Can Do" | |
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| "Try, Try, Try ... to Teach All Children Well" | |
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| "Change the Children" | |
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| "Making Black America Better Through Self-Knowledge" | |
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| "The Challenge of Race and Education" | |
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| "Historically Black Colleges and Universities" | |
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| "Just for Today ..." | |
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| "Our Golden Age" | |
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| "The New Millennium" | |
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| "Jesus" | |
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| "Know--Who You Were; Who You Are; Who You Choose to Be" | |
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| Advocacy in the Next Millennium: A Symposium | |
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| Panel I Panelists: Raymond Brown, Les Brown, Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, Farai Chideya, Stanley Crouch, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Danny Glover, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Hugh B. Price, Rev. Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters | |
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| Panel II Panelists: Charles Ogletree, Dr. Na'im Akbar, Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., Johnnetta B. Cole, Nikki Giovanni, Lani Guinier, Jesse Jackson, Sr., Jesse Jackson, Jr., Bishop Noel Jones, Randall Robinson, Iyanla Vanzant, Cornel West, Malik Yoba | |