Distinguished historian shakes up Civil Rights history in new book
Brooklyn BookBeat
“What of the past is remembered, celebrated, and mourned is at the core of national identity — and the process of what is told and not told is often a function of power,” writes historian Jeanne Theoharis. “And the task of honoring can also be a form of stripping and silencing.”
Theoharis is a distinguished professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is author or co-author of seven books and numerous articles on the history of the black freedom struggle and on the contemporary politics of race in the U.S.