History Teaches us to Resist : : how Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times
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Introduction: history lessons -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the March on Washington movement -- The movement against the Vietnam War -- Winning while losing: fighting the Reagan administration -- The Free South Africa movement -- A "kinder and gentler" presidency: George Herbert Walker Bush -- The adaptable president: William Jefferson Clinton -- Unnatural disasters: the presidency of George W. Bush -- Conclusion: lessons learned.
"Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times." -- From Amazon summary.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
Year Published: 2018
Description: 222 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807005460
0807005460
SUBJECTS
Protest movements -- History.
Government, Resistance to -- History.
Political participation -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.