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(0)David Levering Lewis
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
1940. In the wake of one of the most tumultuous Republican conventions ever, Willkie was an unexpected candidate for the presidency. Though he would go on to lose the election to FDR, Willkie was a man governed by principles and seldom allowed rigid categories to stand in his way. He created an unlikely alliance of supporters, including anti-big-government business leaders and black voters, who rightly felt excluded from New Deal benefits. Lewis shows...
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The life story of Minnesota's first black attorney and a tireless civil rights organizer. This book illuminates one of the darkest periods in American history and recognizes the role of one man who helped lead his people into the light.
