A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power - Abby Phillip - English

A Dream Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power by Abby Phillip is a forthcoming title from Flatiron Books.


A Dream Deferred is a book about Jesse Jackson, the long-time civil rights leader and presidential candidate. He was the first Black man to vie for the top job, more than a decade after Shirley Chisolm became the first Black woman to run for president. I’m not sure, but I think this is the first in-depth look at Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 campaigns.

The book gives a detailed look at campaign strategy, activism, and the reshaping of Black political influence. This historically grounded, informative and politically focused analysis of the power dynamics in the country during the late 1970s and 1980s. Abby Phillip gives an even-handed look at Jackson and his successes and failures. His rise in the Civil Rights movement, as a disciple of Martin Luther King Jr, and then as he picked up the mantle and helped lead the Black community.

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