American Whitelash : The Resurgence of Racial Violence in Our Time

Penguin Books Ltd

American WhitelashThe Resurgence of Racial Violence in Our Time\nAuthor(s): Wesley Lowery\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Allen Lane\nISBN-13: 9780241517123, 978-0241517123\nSynopsis\n\""American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is.\"" - Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist\n\nFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a shocking investigation into the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred racial progress in America\n\nIn 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the USA. And so it would be - just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The election of the nation's first Black president fanned long-burning embers of white supremacy, igniting a new and frightening phase in a continuous historical cycle of racial progress and white backlash.\n\nIn American Whitelash, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Wesley Lowery charts the return of this blood-stained trend, showi.