A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

by Jeanne Theoharis

Book Overview

Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is "a bracing corrective to a national mythology" (New York Times) around the civil rights movement.

The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807075876
• ISBN13: 9780807075876
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"