New Prize for These Eyes
The Rise of America's Second Civil Rights Movement
Juan Williams
- In
- this
- highly
- anticipated
- follow-up
- to
- Eyes
- on
- the
- Prize,
- bestselling
- author
- Juan
- Williams
- turns
- his
- attention
- to
- the
- rise
- of
- a
- new
- 21st-century
- civil
- rights
- movement.More
- than
- a
- century
- of
- civil
- rights
- 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.
- A
- white,
- right-wing
- backlash
- was
- brewing,
- and
- a
- volcanic
- new
- movement—a
- second
- civil
- rights
- movement—began
- to
- erupt.In
- New
- Prize
- for
- These
- Eyes,
- award-winning
- author
- Juan
- Williams
- shines
- a
- light
- on
- this
- historic,
- new
- movement.
- Who
- are
- its
- heroes?
- Where
- is
- it
- headed?
- What
- fires,
- furies,
- and
- frustrations
- distinguish
- it
- from
- its
- predecessor?In
- the
- 20th
- century,
- Black
- activists
- and
- their
- white
- allies
- called
- for
- equal
- rights
- and
- an
- end
- to
- segregation.
- They
- appealed
- to
- the
- Declaration
- of
- Independence’s
- defiant
- assertion
- that
- “all
- men
- are
- created
- equal.”
- They
- prioritized
- legal
- battles
- in
- the
- courtroom
- and
- legislative
- victories
- in
- Congress.
- Today’s
- movement
- is
- dealing
- with
- new
- realities.
- Demographic
- changes
- have
- placed
- progressive
- whites
- in
- a
- new
- role
- among
- the
- largest,
- youngest
- population
- of
- Blacks,
- Hispanics,
- and
- Asians
- in
- the
- nation’s
- history.
- The
- new
- generation
- is
- social
- media
- savvy,
- and
- they
- have
- an
- agenda
- fueled
- by
- discontent
- with
- systemic
- racism
- and
- the
- persistent
- scourge
- of
- police
- brutality.
- Today’s
- activists
- are
- making
- history
- in
- a
- new
- economic
- and
- cultural
- landscape,
- and
- they
- are
- using
- a
- new
- set
- of
- tools
- and
- strategies
- to
- do
- so.Williams
- brilliantly
- traces
- the
- arc
- of
- this
- new
- civil
- rights
- era,
- from
- Obama
- to
- Charlottesville
- to
- January
- 6th
- and
- a
- Confederate
- flag
- in
- the
- Capitol.
- An
- essential
- read
- for
- activists,
- historians,
- and
- anyone
- passionate
- about
- America’s
- future,
- New
- Prize
- for
- These
- Eyes
- is
- more
- than
- a
- recounting
- of
- history.
- It
- 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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