With fascinating and often surprising information on everything from incarceration rates, lending practices, and the arts to marriage, voting habits, and green jobs, the contextualized material in this book will better attune readers to telling trends while challenging commonly held, yet often misguided, perceptions. Provided by publisher.

The basics -- Education -- Environment -- Entertainment and sports -- Health -- Justice -- Lifestyle and identity -- Military service -- Money and jobs -- Politics, voting, and civic engagement -- Science and technology -- Coda: African Americans by gender. Black females ; Black males.