Send us a textIn this month's episode of the Book Club, Jeffrey Sachs and Professor Patricia Sullivan, a leading civil rights historian, place Robert Kennedy at the center of the movement for racial justice of the 1960s—and show how many of today’s issues can be traced back to that pivotal time in US history. Prof. Sullivan is the author of this month's featured book Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White.The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:Biography of Robert F. KennedyAmerican Civil WarNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)Brown vs. Board of EducationJim Crow LawsBiography of John F. KennedyWorld War IINew DealBiography of Ralph BuncheBiography of Alexander BickelBiography of Burke MarshallBiography of John DoarBiography of John M. PattersonJohn F. Kennedy’s televised address to the Nation on Civil Rights on 11 June 1963Biography of James MeredithBiography of Harry BelafonteBiography of James BaldwinBiography of Martin Luther King Jr.Biography of Lyndon B. JohnsonCivil Rights Act of 1964Watts RiotsVietnam WarMartin Luther King Jr. speech at New York’s Riverside Church on 4 Ap⭐️ Thank you for listening!➡️ Sign up for the newsletter: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Website: bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org 🎉 Don't forget to subscribe and share your favorite episode with your friends! 📣 Leave a rating and tell us what you thought about this episode!

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