"As was true of the historic March on Washington in 1963, so it
is true of Charles Euchner's riveting new chronicle of the event: the
massive human train of proud and determined Americans—ordinary,
salt-of-the-earth citizens—is the heart and soul of this dramatic
and inspiring story. Now, more than forty-five years later, those same
people stride through Euchner's narrative as if it were a march in progress.
The stars are here too, of course—Martin Luther King, Bayard Rustin,
Roy Wilkins, John Lewis, and more—but the pages crackle and vibrate
with the voices of unsung heroes who drove, flew, rode buses and trains,
hitchhiked, even walked long distances to be there in the Great Emancipator's
stone shadow as Dr. King spun out his immortal 'Dream.'" —John
Egerton, author of Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before
the Civil Rights Movement in the South
"The March on Washington was a demand to make the Constitution
of the United States work for black people—to cash the blank check,
as Dr. King put it that day in the best speech of his life. Nobody
Turn Me Around—Charles Euchner's superb book—brings it
all back in vivid detail." —Roger Wilkins, author of Jefferson's
Pillow: the Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism
"Bravo to Gail Dines! She exposes a huge problem of our time that
few people are willing to confront. Dines follows the extensive money
trail, uncovering the role of corporate duplicity and greed, while showing
how steadily pornography has infiltrated into everyday life from almost
cradle to grave." —Diane Levin, coauthor of So Sexy, So Soon
Read chapter 6: Growing Up Female
in a Porn Culture.
"Presents the latest science in the most accessible format and
faces typically skirted issues head-on, all while serving up practical
advice and abundant hope. The evidence and perspectives offered by this
valuable book will pave the way to more frank and frequent talk about
race." —Barbara Fredrickson, author of Positivity
"The definitive account of America's most fascinating and surreal
disaster." —John Marr, San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Giving a human face to tragedy is part of the brilliance of Stephen
Puleo's Dark Tide . . . Until they were given voice in this book,
the characters who drove the story were forgotten." —Caroline
Leavitt, Boston Sunday Globe
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