Of Handcuffs and
Bootstraps
Click the link below to watch the recording of the “Of Handcuffs and Bootstraps” event with author Alexander Polikoff, in conversation with Alden Loury, WBEZ. When prompted, enter the password: f3tP+w^w
In summer 2021, we Engaged in a discussion with author Alexander Polikoff, in conversation with Alden Loury, WBEZ
The nation’s current racial reckoning has brought forth a third chance to achieve racial justice for African Americans. Reconstruction failed to bring about justice. The Civil Rights Movement failed to bring about equality. A new book, A Brief History of the Subordination of African Americans in the U.S.: Of Handcuffs and Bootstraps, provides a thorough but succinct history of racial oppression in America.
Watch the event by clicking the link above to learn why authors believe that knowing and understanding this history is a critical first step to making this third chance different, enabling the nation to achieve meaningful and lasting racial justice.