Juan Williams

The St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics & History Series Presents Renowned Journalist and Historian Juan Williams

 
Author of “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement”
 

In this highly anticipated follow-up to “Eyes on the Prize,” journalist and historian Juan Williams turns his attention to the rise of a new civil rights movement. More than a century of activism reached a mountaintop with the arrival of a Black man in the Oval Office. But hopes for a unified, post-racial America were deflated when Barack Obama’s presidency met with furious opposition. In “New Prize for These Eyes,” Williams traces the arc of a new civil rights era, from Obama to Charlottesville to January 6th and a Confederate flag in the Capitol. “New Prize for These Eyes” is a forward-looking call to action, urging Americans to get in touch with the progress made and hurdles yet to be overcome.

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