What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?
Trump's War on Civil Rights
New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vii, 310 pages ; 25 cm
The bestselling author, political analyst, and civil rights expert delivers a forceful critique of the Trump administration's ignorant and unprecedented rollback of the civil rights movement.
In this powerful and timely book, civil rights historian and political analyst Juan Williams denounces Donald Trump for intentionally twisting history to fuel racial tensions for his political advantage. In Williams's lifetime, crusaders for civil rights have braved hatred, violence, and imprisonment, and in so doing made life immeasurably better for African Americans and other marginalized groups. Remarkably, all this progress suddenly seems to have been forgotten -- or worse, undone. The stirring history of hard-fought and heroic battles for voting rights, integrated schools, and more is under direct threat from an administration dedicated to restricting these basic freedoms.
Williams pulls the fire alarm on the Trump administration's policies, which pose a threat to civil rights without precedent in modern America. What the Hell Do You Have to Lose? makes a searing case for the enduring value of our historic accomplishments and what happens if they are lost.
In this powerful and timely book, civil rights historian and political analyst Juan Williams denounces Donald Trump for intentionally twisting history to fuel racial tensions for his political advantage. In Williams's lifetime, crusaders for civil rights have braved hatred, violence, and imprisonment, and in so doing made life immeasurably better for African Americans and other marginalized groups. Remarkably, all this progress suddenly seems to have been forgotten -- or worse, undone. The stirring history of hard-fought and heroic battles for voting rights, integrated schools, and more is under direct threat from an administration dedicated to restricting these basic freedoms.
Williams pulls the fire alarm on the Trump administration's policies, which pose a threat to civil rights without precedent in modern America. What the Hell Do You Have to Lose? makes a searing case for the enduring value of our historic accomplishments and what happens if they are lost.
Subjects:
Trump, Donald, 1946-
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- History.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
Racism -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
Trump, Donald, 1946-
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- History.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
Racism -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021.
ISBN:
9781541788268 (hardcover)
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HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Civil Rights Wil | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Civil Rights Wil | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY US AF AM Wil | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-297) and index.