History teaches us to resist : how progressive movements have succeeded in challenging times / Mary Frances Berry.

Contents Introduction : history lessons -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the March on Washington movement -- The movement against the Vietnam War -- Winning while losing : fighting the Reagan administration -- The Free South Africa movement -- A "kinder and gentler" presidency : George Herbert Walker Bush -- The adaptable president : William Jefferson Clinton -- Unnatural disasters : the presidency of George W. Bush -- Conclusion : lessons learned.
Abstract "Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times."--Amazon summary.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 185-207) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Berry, Mary Frances. History teaches us to resist. Boston : Beacon Press, [2018] 9780807005705
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2017030034
ISBN9780807005460 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
ISBN0807005460 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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