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

Sullivan, Patricia, 1950-

Justice rising : Robert Kennedy's America in black and white / Patricia Sullivan. - xxi, 515 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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

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.

"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"--

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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.


Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.
Racial justice--History--United States--20th century.
Blacks--Civil rights--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

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