{"product_id":"race-man-selected-works-1960-2015","title":"Race Man: Selected Works, 1960-2015","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNewsweek, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLit Hub, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Atlanta Journal Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e pick\u003cem\u003e Race Man\u003c\/em\u003e by Julian Bond as one of their Most-Anticipated Books of 2020 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compilation of works by social activist and civil rights leader Julian Bond \u003cstrong\u003eshould be required reading in 2020.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Juliana Rose Pignataro, \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBond's essays, speeches and interviews were powerful weapons in his lifelong fight for civil rights.--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJustice and equality was the mission that spanned his life. Julian Bond helped change this country for the better. And what better way to be remembered than that.\u003cstrong\u003e--President Barack Obama\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn inspiring, historic collection of writings from one of America's most important civil rights leaders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one in the United States did more to advance the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. than Julian Bond. \u003cem\u003eRace Man--\u003c\/em\u003ea collection of his speeches, articles, interviews, and letters--constitutes an unrivaled history of the life and times of one of America's most trusted freedom fighters, offering unfiltered access to his prophetic voice on a wide variety of social issues, including police brutality, abortion, and same-sex marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA man who broke race barriers and set precedents throughout his life in politics; co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center and long-time chair of the NAACP; Julian Bond was a leader and a visionary who built bridges between the black civil rights movement and other freedom movements--especially for LGBTQ and women's rights. As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, there is no better time to return to Bond's works and words, many of them published here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndlessly grateful for this collection of work that shows the expansive nature of Julian Bond's ideas of black liberation, and how those ideas are woven into the fabric of both resistance and uplift. \u003cem\u003eRace Man \u003c\/em\u003eis the map of a journey that was not only struggle and not only triumph.--\u003cstrong\u003eHanif Abdurraqib, author of \u003cem\u003eThey Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Essays \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRace Man\u003c\/em\u003e is the essential collection of Julian Bond's wisdom--and required reading for the organizers and leaders who follow in his footsteps today.\u003cstrong\u003e--Marian Wright Edelman, President Emerita, Children's Defense Fund\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRace Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39326118903908,"sku":"9780872867949","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/race-man-selected-works-1960-2015","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}