ISBN: 0807014389 9780807014387

Category: Social Science / Women's Studies

Page count: 224

<p><b>A searing portrait “of the ways in which black men and women have struggled to surmount injustice to own homes”—from the heroic lawyer who spoke out against Clarence Thomas (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>)</b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> In this “highly readable and deeply analytical” work, attorney Anita Hill examines the relationship between home ownership and the American Dream through the lens of race and gender (<i>Library Journal</i>). Through the stories of remarkable African American women—including her own great-great-grandmother, playwright Lorraine Hansberry, and Baltimore beauty-shop owner and housing-crisis survivor Anjanette Booker—she demonstrates that the inclusive democracy our Constitution promises must be conceived with home in mind. <br>  <br> From slavery to the Great Migration to the subprime mortgage meltdown, <i>Reimagining Equality </i>takes us on a journey that sparks a new conversation about what it means to be at home in America and presents concrete proposals that encourage us to reimagine equality.<br><br></p>