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Justice Rising

Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White

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$39.95 • £31.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674737457

Publication Date: 06/08/2021

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544 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

34 photos

Belknap Press

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  • Preface: “The Best a White America Has to Offer”
  • 1. Misfit
  • 2. Along the Color Line: The 1950s
  • 3. Faith, Hope, and Politics
  • 4. Black Votes
  • 5. Simple Justice
  • 6. The Challenge of a Decade
  • 7. Freedom Now
  • 8. “A Great Change Is at Hand”
  • 9. On His Own
  • 10. Transitions
  • 11. Beyond Civil Rights
  • 12. Suppose God Is Black
  • 13. Reckoning
  • 14. The Gravest Crisis since the Civil War
  • 15. Our Country’s Future
  • 16. A Time of Danger and Questioning
  • 17. The Last of the Believables
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index

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