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Seeking higher ground

by Manning Marable

The Hurricane Katrina disaster dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the catastrophe and the failure of government, corporate, and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. This reader is the second volume of the Critical Black Studies Series.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?