01725cam a2200361 i 4500 544142136 TxGeo 20201113120000.0 200916s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020042056 9781250276759 hbk. 1250276756 hbk. (OCoLC)1190723362 TxGeo rda Dyson, Michael Eric. Long time coming : reckoning with race in America / Michael Eric Dyson. First edition. New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2020. 230 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230). Prelude: Gold orb -- Black death -- Blue plague -- White theft -- Seeing red -- White comfort -- Postlude: Evergreen hope. "Grapples with the cultural and social forces that have shaped our nation in the brutal crucible of race in five ... chapters--each addressed to a black martyr, from Breonna Taylor to Rev. Clementa Pinckney. Dyson traces the genealogy of anti-blackness from the slave ship to the street corner where [George] Floyd lost his life--and where America gained its will to confront the ugly truth of systemic racism"-- Provided by publisher. 20220103. Racism United States. African Americans Social conditions. Black lives matter movement. Racial profiling in law enforcement United States. United States Race relations. QS5