Скачать или смотреть "Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class": A discussion with journalist Bob Herbert

"Against All Odds: The Fight for a Black Middle Class" (2017, U.S., 75 min.) is a documentary about the extraordinary difficulties that African Americans have faced in their efforts to establish and maintain a middle class standard of living. Veteran journalist Bob Herbert presents the rarely-told history of Black families as they pursue the American dream in the face of unrelenting barriers.

To view the documentary (for free) on PBS.org, visit: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-...

Bob Herbert, journalist and columnist, championed the working poor and middle class on the Op-Ed pages of the New York Times for 18 years. Marian Wright Edelman has said, “Bob Herbert's strong, brilliant voice consistently reminds America of where we still fall short of the ideals of the nation we want to be and can become.” He currently serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow for the progressive think tank, Demos. His books include Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream (2007) and Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America (2014), which Oprah’s O. Magazine called a “masterwork of reporting.”

Cosponsored by the UAlbany Documentary Studies Program and History Department.

For more information on the Rebuilding the Republic series, visit: https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/r...

Bob Herbert's books are available to order through the local independent The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza at the links below:
Losing Our Way: An Intimate Portrait of a Troubled America: https://www.bhny.com/book/9780767930840
Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream: https://www.bhny.com/book/9780805080582