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318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, portraits ; 24 cm
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"Pulitzer Prize-winning former Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson tells our nation's torturous racial history through his own family's story, starting with his great-grandfather's freedom from slavery and threading his way to his own narrative and reaching today's Black Lives Matter movement, asking whether this time will be different."--Amazon
The Robinson & Fordham families -- A boy called Harry -- Proud but tenuous freedom -- War and survival -- The making of Major Fordham -- 'Give us a fair chance in life's battle' -- Death and the red summer -- The next Fordham generation -- The Robinsons make the great migration -- Jim Crow and hard times -- White supremacy digs in -- The movement gathers strength -- The Orangeburg Massacre -- A window of opportunity -- The Obama movement -- The backlash-and the cycle continues -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eugene Robinson traces his family's 200-year journey from slavery through civil rights, examining cycles of progress and setbacks in America's racial history