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The third reconstruction : America's struggle for racial justice in the twenty-first century / Peniel E. Joseph.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: v, 277 pages : illustration ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781541600744
  • 1541600746
Other title:
  • America's struggle for racial justice in the twenty-first century
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction A nightmare is still a dream -- One Citizenship -- Two Dignity -- Three Backlash -- Four Leadership -- Conclusion Freedom.
Summary: "Peniel Joseph offers a powerful new interpretation of recent American history. The summer of 2020, he argues, marked the climax of nothing less than a Third Reconstruction: a new period of intense struggle to secure citizenship and dignity for Black Americans, just as momentous as the movements that sought to transform America after the US Civil War and during the civil rights era. America's first and second Reconstructions failed to achieve their largest aims. But our Third Reconstruction, Joseph writes, offers an opportunity we must seize"-- Provided by publisher.
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One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America's Third Reconstruction



In The Third Reconstruction , distinguished historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a powerful and personal new interpretation of recent history. The racial reckoning that unfolded in 2020, he argues, marked the climax of a Third Reconstruction: a new struggle for citizenship and dignity for Black Americans, just as momentous as the movements that arose after the Civil War and during the civil rights era. Joseph draws revealing connections and insights across centuries as he traces this Third Reconstruction from the election of Barack Obama to the rise of Black Lives Matter to the failed assault on the Capitol.



America's first and second Reconstructions fell tragically short of their grand aims. Our Third Reconstruction offers a new chance to achieve Black dignity and citizenship at last--an opportunity to choose hope over fear.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Peniel Joseph offers a powerful new interpretation of recent American history. The summer of 2020, he argues, marked the climax of nothing less than a Third Reconstruction: a new period of intense struggle to secure citizenship and dignity for Black Americans, just as momentous as the movements that sought to transform America after the US Civil War and during the civil rights era. America's first and second Reconstructions failed to achieve their largest aims. But our Third Reconstruction, Joseph writes, offers an opportunity we must seize"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction A nightmare is still a dream -- One Citizenship -- Two Dignity -- Three Backlash -- Four Leadership -- Conclusion Freedom.

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