[Hac-announce] January 2019 Book Discussion: "A More Beautiful and Terrible History" by Jeanne Theoharis

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Our book for January is A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis. The discussion will take place Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 2 pm in the library of the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. From Amazon:
 The civil rights movement has become national legend, laudedby presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of Americandemocracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, hasshuttered the movement firmly in the past, whitewashed the forces that stood inits way, and diminished its scope. And it is used perniciously in our own timesto chastise present-day movements and obscure contemporary injustice. In"A More Beautiful and Terrible History" award-winning historianJeanne Theoharis dissects this national myth-making, teasing apart the acceptedstories to show them in a strikingly different light.

“An important illustration of the ways that history is used,or misused, in modern social and political life. Required reading for anyonehoping to understand more about race relations and racism in the United Statesand highly recommended for all readers interested in 20th-century Americanhistory.” – Library Journal

“A hard-hitting revisionist history of civil rights activism.. . . An impassioned call for continued efforts for change.” – Kirkus Reviews Light snacks will be served. P.S. Podcast Link: Here is the link to Lewis Lapham's interview with Stephen Greenblatt on our last book: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/stephen-greenblatt. Unfortunately, if you do not wish to listen to the podcast at the site, there is no direct download there; you need to go to one of the podcast feed sites indicated to download it.                            
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