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Books call for action from black Americans

Black Library Booksellers owner Lloyd Hart (at his Downtown Crossing kiosk) says customers have a new mindset. Black Library Booksellers owner Lloyd Hart (at his Downtown Crossing kiosk) says customers have a new mindset. (ZARA TZANEV for the boston globe)
By Vanessa E. Jones
Globe Staff / February 12, 2007

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The statistics are sobering. African-Americans have the lowest rate of homeownership in the nation. One in three black males can expect to go to jail in his lifetime. And 32 percent of African-Americans do not have a regular doctor. (Full article: 1156 words)

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