A Promise and a Way of Life Becky Thompson T+ A Promise and a Way of Life Not since the Civil Rights Movement of the s and s, when many white college students went south to fight against Jim Crow laws, has white antiracist activity held the public’s attention. A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism by Becky Thompson. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, , pp., $ hardcover, $ paper. Deep in Our Hearts: Nine White Women in the Freedom Movement edited by Emmie S. Adams, et al. Athens: University of Georgia Press, , pp., $ hardcover. PHYLLIS PALMER. Becky Thompson’s A Promise and a Way of Life is a labor of love. She finds and interviews an incredible range of white anti-racist activists. Then she carefully and passionately constructs a history of the last half century of anti-racist activism within a larger narrative of social and political movements led by people of color.
A Promise and a Way of Life. Becky Thompson (Author) A Promise and a Way of Life weaves an account of the past half-century based on the life histories of thirty-nine people who have placed antiracist activism at the center of their lives. Through a rich and fascinating narrative that links individual experiences with social and political. New book by Becky Thompson, PhD, Teaching with Tenderness: Toward an Embodied Practice draws upon contemplative practices to address ethical and social justice challenges in education. A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism is an ethnographic history of white antiracist activism in the United States from the s to the. A Promise and a Way of Life Becky Thompson T+ A Promise and a Way of Life Not since the Civil Rights Movement of the s and s, when many white college students went south to fight against Jim Crow laws, has white antiracist activity held the public's attention.
In this passionate work, Becky Thompson looks at white Americans who have struggled against racism, offering examples of both successes and failures, inspirations, practical philosophies, and a way ahead. A Promise and a Way of Life weaves an account of the past half-century based on the life histories of thirty-nine people who have placed antiracist activism at the center of their lives. Through a rich and fascinating narrative that links individual experiences with social and political. A Promise and a Way of Life Becky Thompson T+ A Promise and a Way of Life Not since the Civil Rights Movement of the s and s, when many white college students went south to fight against Jim Crow laws, has white antiracist activity held the public’s attention. Becky Thompson’s A Promise and a Way of Life is a labor of love. She finds and interviews an incredible range of white anti-racist activists. Then she carefully and passionately constructs a history of the last half century of anti-racist activism within a larger narrative of social and political movements led by people of color.
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