Robert Kennedy's America in black and white Sullivan, Patricia 1950- creator mau Cambridge, Massachusetts The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021 eng xxi, 515 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. 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. 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. Patricia Sullivan. Includes bibliographical references and index. Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis) 1925-1968 Movimientos de derechos civiles Estados Unidos Siglo XX Justicia racial Estados Unidos Siglo XX Negros Derechos civiles Estados Unidos Siglo XX Estados Unidos Relaciones raciales Historia Siglo XX 002 E 185.61 S951j 2021 9780674295520 0674295528 290525 20250721150250.0 eng