The Resource When the stars begin to fall : overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America, Theodore Roosevelt Johnson
When the stars begin to fall : overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America, Theodore Roosevelt Johnson
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The item When the stars begin to fall : overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America, Theodore Roosevelt Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
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- Summary
- ""Racism is an existential threat to America," Theodore R. Johnson declares at the start of his profound and exhilarating book. It is a refutation of the American Promise enshrined in our Constitution that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Johnson argues, while the United States will remain as a geopolitical entity, the promise that made America unique on Earth will have died. When the Stars Begin to Fall makes a compelling, ambitious case for a pathway to the national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism. Weaving memories of his own and his family's multi-generational experiences with racism, alongside strands of history, into his elegant narrative, Johnson posits that a blueprint for national solidarity can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society--not a color-blind one--is the true fulfillment of the American Promise. Fueled by Johnson's ultimate faith in the American project, grounded in his family's longstanding optimism and his own military service, When the Stars Begin to Fall is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable"--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vi, 314 pages :
- Contents
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- Part I: The challenge for America. The primary threat to America ; The veiled threats exposed
- Part II: American, but black: lessons for national solidarity. Superlative citizenship ; Inclusion trickles down ; Black solidarity
- A framework for national solidarity. Finding civil religion ; Racism is a crime of the state ; Solidarity is not colorblind
- Part IV: A path toward national solidarity. National solidarity as the right response to racism
- Isbn
- 9780802157850
- Label
- When the stars begin to fall : overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America
- Title
- When the stars begin to fall
- Title remainder
- overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America
- Statement of responsibility
- Theodore Roosevelt Johnson
- Subject
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- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- trueUnited States -- Race relations -- 21st century
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- trueAmerican dream
- trueEquality
- trueMulticulturalism
- truePolitical obligation
- trueRacism
- Racism -- United States -- 21st century
- Social Science / Discrimination
- trueSolidarity
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- ""Racism is an existential threat to America," Theodore R. Johnson declares at the start of his profound and exhilarating book. It is a refutation of the American Promise enshrined in our Constitution that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Johnson argues, while the United States will remain as a geopolitical entity, the promise that made America unique on Earth will have died. When the Stars Begin to Fall makes a compelling, ambitious case for a pathway to the national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism. Weaving memories of his own and his family's multi-generational experiences with racism, alongside strands of history, into his elegant narrative, Johnson posits that a blueprint for national solidarity can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society--not a color-blind one--is the true fulfillment of the American Promise. Fueled by Johnson's ultimate faith in the American project, grounded in his family's longstanding optimism and his own military service, When the Stars Begin to Fall is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable"--Amazon
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10958204
- Cataloging source
- OTP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Theodore R
- Dewey number
- 305.800973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- African Americans
- Racism
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
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- overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America
- Label
- When the stars begin to fall : overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America, Theodore Roosevelt Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical resources and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Part I: The challenge for America. The primary threat to America ; The veiled threats exposed -- Part II: American, but black: lessons for national solidarity. Superlative citizenship ; Inclusion trickles down ; Black solidarity -- A framework for national solidarity. Finding civil religion ; Racism is a crime of the state ; Solidarity is not colorblind -- Part IV: A path toward national solidarity. National solidarity as the right response to racism
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vi, 314 pages :
- Isbn
- 9780802157850
- Isbn Type
- (hb)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1246301994
- Label
- When the stars begin to fall : overcoming racism and renewing the promise of America, Theodore Roosevelt Johnson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical resources and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The challenge for America. The primary threat to America ; The veiled threats exposed -- Part II: American, but black: lessons for national solidarity. Superlative citizenship ; Inclusion trickles down ; Black solidarity -- A framework for national solidarity. Finding civil religion ; Racism is a crime of the state ; Solidarity is not colorblind -- Part IV: A path toward national solidarity. National solidarity as the right response to racism
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vi, 314 pages :
- Isbn
- 9780802157850
- Isbn Type
- (hb)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1246301994
Subject
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- trueUnited States -- Race relations -- 21st century
- trueAfrican Americans
- trueAfrican Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- trueAmerican dream
- trueEquality
- trueMulticulturalism
- truePolitical obligation
- trueRacism
- Racism -- United States -- 21st century
- Social Science / Discrimination
- trueSolidarity
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Eden Park Branch LibraryBorrow it5131 Greenwell Springs Rd., Baton Rouge, LA, 70806, US30.464302 -91.138325
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