Lost Causes Not Yet Found Lost Causes Not Yet Found
In Defying Dixie, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore seeks to reclaim the radical origins of the modern civil rights struggle.
Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse
Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds
Is there more to racism in America than intolerance and immorality? Four books shed light.
Apr 24, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Thomas J. Sugrue
King’s Legacy of Change King’s Legacy of Change
No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.
Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grace Lee Boggs
Hillary’s Real MLK Problem Hillary’s Real MLK Problem
"Change" is this year's Democratic battle cry, but if you don't know how it happens, you're not likely to make it happen yourself.
Jan 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Memphis Is Also America Memphis Is Also America
The civil rights movement that erupted in 1968 revealed in a few swift weeks white America's failure to respond to the nonviolence of Dr. King, and black America's recoil into desp...
Oct 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Pat Watters
Father of History Father of History
Bettina Aptheker's recent memoir has incited fierce debate over her father s legacy.
Oct 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Christopher Phelps
Roads to Freedom Roads to Freedom
A rich crop of new books offers fresh insight into the ongoing struggle for civil rights in America.
Apr 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David L. Chappell
White History 101 White History 101
Why can't white people and black people have access to a shared history that is accurate, honest, antiracist and inclusive?
Feb 21, 2007 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
And the Beat Goes On… And the Beat Goes On…
A new book examining civil rights coverage demonstrates that the best reporting sometimes requires journalists to toss objectivity out the window.
Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The Great Black Hope The Great Black Hope
Taylor Branch concludes his staggering trilogy of the civil rights era with At Canaan's Edge, a relentlessly detailed narrative of Martin Luther King's desperate struggle to save t...
Mar 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Early