{"product_id":"winning-while-losing-civil-rights-the-conservative-movement-and-the-presidency-from-nixon-to-obama-paperback","title":"Winning While Losing: Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenneth Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDerrick E. White\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the four decades separating the death of Martin Luther King and the election of Barack Obama, the meaning of civil rights became increasingly complex. Civil rights leaders made great strides in breaking down once-impermeable racial barriers, but they also suffered many political setbacks in their attempts to remedy centuries of discrimination. Complicating matters, the conservative turn in American political life transformed the national conversation about race and civil rights in surprising ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering collection of essays explores the paradoxical nature of civil rights politics in the years following the 1960s civil rights movement by chronicling the ways in which presidential politics both advanced and constrained the quest for racial equality in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Osgood\u003c\/b\u003e, director of the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs at the Colorado School of Mines, is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSelling War in a Media Age: The Presidency and Public Opinion in the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDerrick E. White\u003c\/b\u003e, visiting associate professor of history at Dartmouth College, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Blackness: The Institute of the Black World and Political Activism in the 1970s\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 08, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777351319840,"sku":"9780813064536","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72ecf38bba9952b39a66086287ba264e.webp?v=1780497897","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/winning-while-losing-civil-rights-the-conservative-movement-and-the-presidency-from-nixon-to-obama-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}