Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump

by Daniel S Lucks and Daniel S. Lucks

Book Overview

2021 Prose Award Finalist

A long-overdue and sober examination of President Ronald Reagan's racist politics that continue to harm communities today and helped shape the modern conservative movement.

Ronald Reagan is hailed as a transformative president and an American icon, but within his twentieth-century politics lies a racial legacy that is rarely discussed. Both political parties point to Reagan as the "right" kind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807002909
• ISBN13: 9780807002902
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"