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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.

"In most accounts of the tumultuous 1960s, Robert Kennedy plays a supporting role...Sullivan corrects this and puts RFK near the center of the nation's struggle for racial justice."
--Richard Thompson Ford, Washington Post

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.

History, race, and politics converged in the 1960s... Read Full Overview

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.

History, race, and politics converged in the 1960s... Read Full Overview