A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History
Jeanne Theoharis
Beacon Press
Moving from “the histories we get” to “the histories we need,” Theoharis challenges nine key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement to reveal the diversity of people, especially women and young people, who led the movement; the work and disruption it took; the role of the media and “polite racism” in maintaining injustice; and the immense barriers and repression activists faced.