The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe to Each Other

In The Reckoning, Randall Robinson examines the crime and poverty that grips much of urban America and urges black Americans to speak out and reach back to ensure their social and economic success in this country. With insight, compassion, and unflinching honesty, Robinson explores the twin blights of crime and poverty—the former often a symptom of the latter—and asks questions that are critical to the rebuilding of black communities: How do we create awareness of the heroic efforts already being made and how can we bring our troubled youth to safety?  A product of Robinson’s work with gang members, ex-convicts, and others who have been scarred by the harshness of life in our inner cities, The Reckoning is certain to be as important and controversial as his earlier books.

Table of Contents:
The ReckoningIntroduction 1. The Luncheon 2. My Thoughts As Peewee Waits to Speak 3. Peewee's Speach 4. Deja Vu 5. Playing the Hand You Are Dealt 6. Peewee's Revenge 7. The Aspiring American Entrepreneur 8. Peewee's Father 9. Wadleigh Junior High School 10. Peewee and the White Stockbroker 11. Wealth, Privilege, Social Class, and Race 12. Washington, D.C., in the Year 2076 13. New York, 1964 14. False Exits 15. Peewee Goes to Prison 16. New Child Lynch 17. Walk-up Retail 18. Aubrey Lynch 19. Peewee and New Child: Saving Themselves and Saving Others Afterword My Plea Index Acknowledgments

About the Author :
Randall Robinson is the founder and president of TransAfrica, the organization that spearheaded the movement to influence U.S. policies toward international black leadership. He is the author of Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks and The Reckoning: What Blacks Owe To Each Other. Frequently featured in major print media, he has appeared on Charlie Rose, Today, Good Morning America, and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, among others.

Review :
“Engaging…Robinson continues an important conversation…His anecdotes support his attempts to reclaim African heritage and empower African Americans.” —The Washington Post“A reality check.  The Reckoning makes you stop and think, and inspires you to take action.” —Heart & Soul