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When the Smoke Cleared: 1968 Rebellions and Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights Nation's Capital
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When the Smoke Cleared: 1968 Rebellions and Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights Nation's Capital
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When the Smoke Cleared: 1968 Rebellions and Unfinished Battle for Civil Rights Nation's Capital
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tells the story of the Washingtonians who seized the moment to rebuild a more just society, one that would protect and foster Black political and economic power. A riveting account of activism, urban reimagination, and political transformation, Kyla Sommers’s revealing and deeply researched narrative is ultimately a tale of blowback, as the Nixon administration and its allies in Congress thwarted the ambitions of DC’s reformers, opposing civil rights reforms and self-governance. And nationwide, conservative politicians used the specter of crime in the capital to roll back the civil rights movement and create the modern carceral state.
A vital chapter in the struggle for racial equality,
is an account of open wounds, paths not taken, and their unforeseen consequences—revealed here in all of their contemporary significance.