TY - GEN AU - Sullivan,Patricia TI - Justice rising : : Robert Kennedy's America in black and white SN - 9780674295520 AV - 002 E 185.61 S951j 2021 PY - 2021/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts : PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Kennedy, Robert F. KW - Movimientos de derechos civiles KW - Estados Unidos KW - Siglo XX KW - Justicia racial KW - Negros KW - Derechos civiles KW - Relaciones raciales KW - Historia N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface: "The best a white America has to offer" -- Misfit -- Along the color line: the 1950s -- Faith, hope, and politics -- Black votes -- Simple justice -- The challenge of a decade -- Freedom now -- "A great change is at hand" -- On his own -- Transitions -- Beyond civil rights -- Suppose God is Black -- Reckoning -- The gravest crisis since the Civil War -- Our country's future -- A time of danger and questioning -- The last of the great believables N2 - Bobby Kennedy wasn’t the most visible figure in the civil rights movement, but his impact was transformative. As attorney general, he protected the Freedom Riders and turned the Justice Department from an enemy of civil rights into an enforcer of antiracist policies. Patricia Sullivan gives Kennedy his rightful place as a force for racial justice ER -