A Must-Read Book for Black History Month or African American studies. "The Color of Freedom After the Turbulent '60s" fosters a healthy and positive image of the black cultural heritage from a culture evolutionary perspective. This approach empowers the readers by describing the psycho-social behavior and growth of Blacks that is required to overcome today's disparities; family/cultural values, economic, education, and health care.These disparities serve as invisible barriers to their entrance into the 21st century. It has now been nearly 50 years since the Civil Right Bill '64 toppled the color barrier that allowed Blacks formal entrance into different areas of society. However, today the color barrier has been replaced with invisible barriers. These deeply embedded social barriers existed in society before the color barrier and today pose greater resistance in society to the evolution of black cultural heritage for future generations. This is in spite of the reelection of this country's 1st Black President, Barack Obama. Thus, to survive and overcome these invisible barriers, Blacks are forced to reposition themselves in society. Their repositioning in society must be based on knowledge of the cultural heritage of African descendants Born out of American slavery (ADBOAS) and other African descendants in this society. The social revolution that occurred during the 60s supported the passing of the CRB'64 that helped to determine today s fate of African Americans. This Bill differs from other past Civil Rights Bills, as being the first in this country to empower Blacks and later other cultures and subcultures; gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transvestites (GLBT) to access mainstream society. This has caused some to question the value of this Bill in defining the rights and freedom of citizens of subcultures vs. defining the rights and freedom of Blacks after the long term social unjust in society. The importance of strong cultural ties in the Black family is emphasized to empower the youth with culture identity, and self-esteem needed to overcome these invisible barriers that today impacts the mental health and behavior of African Americans, esp.the youth"