Starting the Conversation: Adult Nonfiction

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1. The Black presidency: Barack Obama and the politics of race in America

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Dyson, Michael Eric
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2. Tears we cannot stop: a sermon to white America

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Fifty years ago Malcolm X told a white woman who asked what she could do for the cause, 'Nothing.' Michael Eric Dyson believes he was wrong. Now he responds to that question. If society is to make real racial progress, people must face difficult truths, including being honest about how Black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted.

3. What truth sounds like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our unfinished conversation about race in America

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Examines the events surrounding the 1963 meeting between Robert F. Kennedy and James Balwin in New York City, as well as its impact on race relations in the United States from then to now.