The Unsteady March

By Philip A. Klinkner, Rogers M. Smith,

Book cover of The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America

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American life is filled with talk of progress and equality, especially when the issue is that of race. But has the history of race in America really been the continuous march toward equality we'd like to imagine it has? This sweeping history of race in America argues quite the opposite;…

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Progress is never a straight line; it usually takes the form of two steps forward and one step back. As we continue to fight battles we thought we’d won, this account of the long and unsteady march toward civil rights can give us direction, inspiration, and hope.

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