Justice Rising
Robert Kennedy's America in Black and White
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Format: Book
Description: xxi, 515 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
"A leading civil rights historian places Robert Kennedy for the first time at the center of the movement for racial justice of the 1960s-and shows how many of today's issues can be traced back to that pivotal time"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Preface: "The best a white America has to offer" -- Misfit -- Along the color line: the 1950s -- Faith, hope, and politics -- Black votes -- Simple justice -- The challenge of a decade -- Freedom now -- "A great change is at hand" -- On his own -- Beyond civil rights -- Suppose God is Black -- Reckoning -- The gravest crisis since the Civil War -- Our country's future -- A time of danger and questioning -- The last of the believables.
Subjects:
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Racial justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Black people -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Racial justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Black people -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780674737457
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Civil Rights Sul | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.