Jason Sokol: 3 books
There Goes My Everything
White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
During the civil rights movement, epic battles for justice were fought in the streets, at lunch counters, and in the classrooms of the American South. Just as many battles were waged, however, in the hearts and minds of ordinary white southerners whose world became unrecognizable to them. Jason Sokol’s...
The Heavens Might Crack
The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassination
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing...
All Eyes are Upon Us
Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
bled roots in segregation and its promising future in politicians from Deval Patrick to Barack Obama.