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Author:

Sullivan, Patricia, 1950- author.

Title:

Justice rising : Robert Kennedy's America in black and white / Patricia Sullivan.

Publisher:

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xxi, 515 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Kennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968.
Civil rights movements--History--20th century.
Racial justice--History--20th century.
Blacks--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [451]-491) and index.

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 -- Transitions -- 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 -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0674737458
9780674737457

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1198017183

LCCN:

2020050236

Locations:

WBPB115 -- Albert City Public Library (Albert City)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)