{"product_id":"blackballed-the-black-vote-and-us-democracy-with-a-new-essay-paperback","title":"Blackballed: The Black Vote and Us Democracy: With a New Essay - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarryl Pinckney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn incisive reflection on black electoral politics, disenfranchisement, and the lasting legacy of the civil rights movement--now with a brand-new essay on the Covid-19 pandemic, reparations, and the 2020 George Floyd protests.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlackballed is Darryl Pinckney's meditation on a century and a half of participation by blacks in US electoral politics. In this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, he investigates the struggle for black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement to Barack Obama's two presidential campaigns. Drawing on the work of scholars, the memoirs of civil rights workers, and the speeches and writings of black leaders like Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael, Andrew Young and John Lewis, Pinckney traces the disagreements among blacks about the best strategies for achieving equality in American society as well as the ways in which they gradually came to create the Democratic voting bloc that contributed to the election of the first black president. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterspersed through the narrative are Pinckney's own memories of growing up during the civil rights era and the reactions of his parents to the changes taking place in American society. He concludes with an examination of ongoing efforts by Republicans to suppress the black vote, with particular attention to the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso included here is Pinckney's essay \"What Black Means Now,\" on the history of the black middle class, stereotypes about blacks and crime, and contemporary debates about \"post-blackness,\" as well as a new essay, \"Buck Moon in Harlem,\" which reflects on Juneteenth and the ongoing fight for racial justice, and offers a glimpse of New York City amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the protests following the killing of George Floyd.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarryl Pinckney\u003c\/b\u003e, a longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eHigh Cotton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Deutschland\u003c\/i\u003e and several works of nonfiction, most recently the collection \u003ci\u003eBusted in New York and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. He has collaborated with Robert Wilson on the director's productions of \u003ci\u003eThe Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Rocker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLetter to a Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarrincha: A Street Opera\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMary Said What She Said\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45619391725612,"sku":"9781681375595","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/blackballed-the-black-vote-and-us-democracy-with-a-new-essay-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}