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Mr. Book just finished New Prize For These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement, by Juan Williams.

The author explains why we are in a second Civil Rights Movement. The first was about breaking down segregation and then working to get more blacks into elected positions, to they could pass further legislation to protect civil rights. The second movement is about polite violence, reducing the number of blacks in prison and standing up to persistent daily racism and economic inequality. The author attributes the start of the second movement to Obama’s keynote speech at the 2004 convention.

Among the strongest parts of this book were discussions on Obama’s 2008 campaign, the Troy Davis case, the Trayvon Martin and other cases, Black Lives Matter, the terrible policies, and personnel of the Trump administration (including, but far from being limited to, the top of the administration).

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in civil rights, equality and the state of the nation.

I give this book an A. Goodreads and NetGalley require grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at NetGalley, Goodreads and my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews

Mr. Book finished reading this on August 24, 2024.

This book will be released on January 14, 2025. If there is also an audiobook version, I will be getting it so I can enjoy it again.