Juan Williams New Prize for These Eyes review, recensie en informatie boek over de Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement. Op 14 januari 2025 verschijnt bij Simon & Schuster het boek van de Amerikaanse historicus en journalist Juan Williams over de opkomst van de tweede burgerrechtenbeweging in de Verenigde Staten. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Juan Williams New Prize for These Eyes review, recensie en informatie

• “Nearly four decades after his Eyes on the Prize heralded the heroes of the Civil Rights era, Juan Williams takes a compelling look at how far America has come in the years since–and how far we have to go.” (David Axelrod, former chief strategist and senior advisor to President Barack Obama)
• “Williams’ arresting prose and keen insights into this unfolding, volcanic movement are essential reading for those who want to ensure that this nation’s ‘new birth of freedom’ continues unabated and unstoppable. There is no better person to write the book on the new movement to make this a more perfect union than the author who wrote the book on the first one.” (Donna Brazile, New York Times-bestselling author of Hacks)

New Prize for These Eyes

The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement

• Auteur: Juan Williams (Verenigde Staten)
• Soort boek: Amerikaanse geschiedenis
• Taal: Engels
• Uitgever: Simon & Schsuter
• Verschijnt: 14 januari 2025
• Omvang: 288 pagina’s
• Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
• Prijs: $ 28.99 / $ 14.99
• Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de tweede civil rights movement in Amerika

In this highly anticipated follow-up to Eyes on the Prize, bestselling author Juan Williams turns his attention to the rise of a new 21st-century civil rights movement.

More than a century of civil rights activism reached a mountaintop with the arrival of a Black man in the Oval Office. But hopes for a unified, post-racial America were deflated when Barack Obama’s presidency met with furious opposition. A white, right-wing backlash was brewing, and a volcanic new movement—a second civil rights movement—began to erupt.

In New Prize for These Eyes, award-winning author Juan Williams shines a light on this historic, new movement. Who are its heroes? Where is it headed? What fires, furies, and frustrations distinguish it from its predecessor?

In the 20th century, Black activists and their white allies called for equal rights and an end to segregation. They appealed to the Declaration of Independence’s defiant assertion that “all men are created equal.” They prioritized legal battles in the courtroom and legislative victories in Congress. Today’s movement is dealing with new realities. Demographic changes have placed progressive whites in a new role among the largest, youngest population of Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in the nation’s history. The new generation is social media savvy, and they have an agenda fueled by discontent with systemic racism and the persistent scourge of police brutality. Today’s activists are making history in a new economic and cultural landscape, and they are using a new set of tools and strategies to do so.

Williams brilliantly traces the arc of this new civil rights era, from Obama to Charlottesville to January 6th and a Confederate flag in the Capitol. An essential read for activists, historians, and anyone passionate about America’s future, New Prize for These Eyes is more than a recounting of history. It is a forward-looking call to action, urging Americans to get in touch with the progress made and hurdles yet to be overcome.

Juan Williams was born on 10 April 1954 in Colón, Panama. He is a Panamanian-American prizewinning journalist and historian. He is the author of the bestselling civil rights history Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954–1965, which accompanied the PBS series of the same name. He also wrote the landmark biography of the first African American on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary, as well as the New York Times bestsellers Enough and Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate. Williams worked for The Washington Post as a celebrated national political correspondent, White House correspondent, and editorial writer. His NPR talk show took ratings to a new high. He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Ebony. He is currently senior political analyst for Fox News Channel and a columnist for The Hill.

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