By Caroline Wanjiku Kihato (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) “Everyone has a right to have access to adequate housing … the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures within its available resources to achieve progressive realization of this right.” The South African Constitution, 1996 Phindile tightened the belt of her heavy black coat and … [Read more...] about “Beyond Bricks and Mortar: South Africa’s Low-Cost Housing Program 18 Years After Democracy” by Caroline Wanjiku Kihato (January-February 2013 P&R Issue)
“What Are We Holding Our Public Schools Accountable For? The Gap Between What is Measured and What is Needed to Prepare Children for an Increasingly Diverse Society” by Amy Stuart Wells (September-October 2012 P&R Issue)
By Amy Stuart Wells (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 2011, for the first time, less than half of the babies born in the U.S. were white and non-Hispanic. Instead, the majority of newborns were Latino, African American, Asian and/or Native American, a sign that the identity of our nation is changing, as are the social and cultural skills needed to … [Read more...] about “What Are We Holding Our Public Schools Accountable For? The Gap Between What is Measured and What is Needed to Prepare Children for an Increasingly Diverse Society” by Amy Stuart Wells (September-October 2012 P&R Issue)
“Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote” by Gordon A. Martin, Jr. (January-February 2012 P&R Issue)
By Gordon A. Martin, Jr. (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote In 1962 in Forrest County, Mississippi, only 12 of the 7,500 adult black citizens were permitted to register to vote. That year, I made my first trip to the Deep South as one of the trial lawyers of Robert Kennedy’s … [Read more...] about “Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote” by Gordon A. Martin, Jr. (January-February 2012 P&R Issue)
“Building a National Museum” by Lonnie G Bunch, III (November-December 2011 P&R Issue)
By Lonnie G Bunch, III (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Beginnings When construction starts on the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Fall of 2012, it will signal a beginning for some. For those of us who have been involved with the Museum’s development, however, the groundbreaking will be more like rounding the … [Read more...] about “Building a National Museum” by Lonnie G Bunch, III (November-December 2011 P&R Issue)
“Banks and Ford Response” (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) We are grateful that so many scholars and civil rights activists took the time to consider our arguments and to reply to them. We cannot address all of the important issues that the commentators raise, so we have decided to respond to what we see as their major themes. One set of issues is substantive: What does the research … [Read more...] about “Banks and Ford Response” (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
