If white Americans could reveal what they really think about race, without the risk of appearing racist, what would they say? In this elegantly written and inno

He argues that the triumph of the image spells death to politics and reduces people to mere symbols."--BOOK JACKET.

'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak' *Updated edition featuring a new a

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain!"

Focusing on Chicago and downstate Illinois politics during the incredibly oppressive decades between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the election of Frank