Soundbytes of Protest

Urban issues and creative African American leadership are addressed in this compendium of art, quotations, and critical essays. As the media and the internet continue to change the face of American culture, the tradition of political tomes and textbooks as primary information sources is quickly becoming outmoded. The solution utilized here is geared toward bringing plain and simple truths to a new generation of readers who seek useful information—striking and immediate—regarding politics, race, affirmative action, justice, and gender.

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich is a professor at the George Meany Center for Labor Studies at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the executive director and chief operating officer of the nonprofit, Black Leadership Forum, Inc. She has worked in civil service and urban policy in the positions of Deputy Mayor of Philadelphia and Housing Commissioner of New York. She writes a syndicated column for the National Newspaper Association. She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.