An edition of Working on the Chain Gang (2000)

Workin' on the chain gang

shaking off the dead hand of history

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by Walter Mosley

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An edition of Working on the Chain Gang (2000)

Workin' on the chain gang

shaking off the dead hand of history

1st ed.

by Walter Mosley

★★★ 3.0 (1 rating) ·
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1 Have read

"Slavery was outlawed in this country more than a century ago, but Americans still wear chains. Each one of us, black and white alike, is shackled by a system that values money over humanity, power over truth, conformity over creativity. Race has undeniably made the problem worse, but race is not the root of the problem.".

"But each one of us can work toward breaking off these chains. First by recognizing the truth of our history - a history that is crucially informed by the black experience. Second by beginning to free ourselves from the noise, the often shallow, diverting entertainments, and an all-consuming economic system. The nation and its potentials are ours to command, but only if we work, individually and collectively, to cast off the chains of yesterday's politics and seize the freedoms that the future holds.".

"Workin' on the Chain Gang is a powerful examination of the American economic and political machine."--BOOK JACKET.

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2000

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Ballantine Pub. Group, Ballantine Publishing

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English

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118

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1 Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History (Class : Culture) December 27, 2006, University of Michigan Press Paperback in English 0472031988 9780472031986	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Published in: New York
Series: The library of contemporary thought

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Dewey Decimal Class: 305.8/00973
Library of Congress: E185.615 .M645 2000, E185.615.M645 2000, E 185.615 M645 2000

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Pagination: 118 p. ;
Number of pages: 118

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Open Library: OL33443M
Internet Archive: workinonchaingan00mosl
ISBN 10: 0345430697
LCCN: 99016196
OCLC/WorldCat: 41476713
Library Thing: 77090
Goodreads: 636577

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Workin' on the chain gang

shaking off the dead hand of history

by Walter Mosley