History Teaches Us to Resist - How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times Berry Mary FrancesPaperback / softback

Specifikacia History Teaches Us to Resist - How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times Berry Mary FrancesPaperback / softback

Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times.Historian Mary Frances Berry shows that resistance to presidential administrations has led to positive change and the defeat of outrageous proposals, even in challenging times. Noting that all presidents, including ones considered progressive, sometimes require massive organization to affect policy decisions, Berry cites Indigenous peoples' protests against the Dakota pipeline during Barack Obama's administration as a modern example of successful resistance built on earlier actions.Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Berry discusses that president's refusal to prevent race discrimination in the defense industry during World War II and the subsequent March on Washington movement. She analyzes Lyndon Johnson, the war in Vietnam, and the antiwar movement and then