Long Way to Go: Black and White in America

Whether or not you're comfortable with the progress of post-King (Martin Luther or Rodney) race relations in this country, you should read this book. Seeing through the eyes of residents of this northern city will change how you think about race in the U.S., and it will affect what you know about class and opportunity as well as skin color. Recounting his sojourn along the color line with characteristic reserve, Coleman doesn't pretend to have all the answers; but his questions, at the beginning, at the middle, and at the end of Long Way to Go, are the right ones