Format:
Book
Author:
Dyson, Michael Eric, author.
Title:
What truth sounds like : Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our unfinished conversation about race in America / Michael Eric Dyson.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Description:
294 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
Examines the sources of America's torturous racial politics, tracing the 1963 meeting that included James Baldwin, Robert Kennedy, and a host of expert activists, who transformed racial and political understandings and set the stage for national disputesthat are still raging today.
Subjects:
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Friends and associates.
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Influence.
Smith, Jerome (Freedom Rider), 1949- -- Influence.
African Americans -- Intellectual life.
Cocktail parties -- New York (State) -- New York City.
African American civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States.
Intercultural communication -- United States -- Case studies.
United States -- Race relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-294).
LCCN:
2018017174
ISBN:
9781250199416 (hardcover)
1250199417 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1021070386
System Availability:
23
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3609205
Call Number:
305.800973
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
23