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Justice rising : Robert Kennedy's America in black and white  Cover Image Book Book

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

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780674737457
  • ISBN: 0674737458
  • Physical Description: 515 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Beyondcivil 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.
Subject: 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.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 323.1196 SULLIVAN 2021 (Text) 0001002459921 Nonfiction Available -


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