Represents the report of President Bill Clinton's Commission on Race Initiative, that contains a comprehensive assessment of racial progress (or the lack thereof) in America since the heyday of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, along with many recommendations for improvement.

Originally released in 2008, this book features the first publication in book form of the Clinton Commission on Race Initiative's report; a foreword by commission chair John Hope Franklin; President Clinton's speech that launched the commission; and other important materials for classes on American race relations. "The report, and this volume, will surely assume a place among the most significant works about race and the persistent challenge of racism in modern American life."-William A. Link, University of Florida