{"product_id":"20-and-change-harriet-tubman-george-floyd-and-the-struggle-for-radical-democracy-9780872868854","title":"20 and Change Harriet Tubman George Floyd and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A timely political and historical study of racism in America, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e is informatively enhanced with the inclusion of fifty-two pages of Notes and a fourteen page Index. Of particular relevance and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, college, and university library Contemporary Social Issues, African-American Racial\/Political History, and African\/American Demographic Studies collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, political activists, governmental policy makers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change: Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e is also available in a digital book format.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dr. Clarence Lusane’s recently published \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change: Harriett Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, walks us through the history of the faces that adorn American currency and all the arguments for and against Tubman’s ascension to be the face of the twenty. He adroitly covers a vast historical landscape with poetry and precision and places the “Tubman Debate” into the context of current racial hierarchies and politics.\"—\u003cb\u003eRomi Mahajan, \u003ci\u003eCountercurrents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thoughtfully balanced and nuanced, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the ways that American hero and national icon Harriet Tubman resonates across racial, gender, and political divides. Lusane captures not only the significance of historic symbols, but how winning the fight over representation and memory advances the ongoing struggles for racial justice and democracy right now.\" —\u003cb\u003eJanell Hobson, editor of \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine's \u003c\/i\u003eHarriet Tubman Bicentennial Project and author of \u003ci\u003eWhen God Lost Her Tongue: Historical Consciousness and the Black Feminist Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a metaphor about two Americas: one striving to live up to its promise of justice and liberty, and the other mired in the bloody legacy of white supremacy. The historical arc Lusane provides demonstrates that the freedom struggle changes its cast of characters over time, but never forsakes its hope for liberation. A  great and refreshing read.\"—\u003cb\u003eLoretta Ross, author of \u003cem\u003eCalling In the Calling Out Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change\u003c\/em\u003e travels the back alleys of fear of racist white America. . . .Harriet Tubman’s image on the money is an opportunity to establish the symbol of democracy she wanted, one where actions led by a conceived idea of being inferior or superior are crushed. Clarence Lusane has put it where the goats can get it. An extraordinary and wonderful book.\"—\u003cb\u003eTina Wyatt, great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman, co-founder of Harriet Tubman Day, Washington D.C.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"In this original and brilliantly conceived book, acclaimed political  scientist Clarence Lusane offers an incisive analysis of how racism and  inequality shaped—and continues to shape—American society.\"—\u003cb\u003eKeisha N. Blain, coeditor, \u003cem\u003eFour Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change\u003c\/em\u003e is a future-gazing guide to who we must be to become who we claim to be.\" —\u003cb\u003eKali Holloway, columnist for \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/em\u003e (from the foreword)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Urgent and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change\u003c\/i\u003e should compel the U.S. Treasury to make real our core value of equality for all with currency images that honor the contributions and humanity of African Americans, Native Americans, women, and all marginalized people of this country. Dr. Lusane sees Tubman as a Founding Mother of American democracy yet to come, and offers a persuasive case how a new twenty and change can get us there sooner.”—\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ortiz Howard, Founder of “Women on 20s”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change\u003c\/em\u003e offers powerful analyses of race and U.S. history and our present crucible moment. . . . A must read.\" —\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ransby, author of \u003cem\u003eMaking All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\"As challenges to racial justice, women's rights, and democracy itself intensify, Lusane's sober and historically rooted analysis provides much needed clarity and insight. . . .\u003cem\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change\u003c\/em\u003e is exactly the book we need at this moment.\"—\u003cb\u003eKaren Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles, CA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003e\"Clarence Lusane reminds us that we all can contribute enormously to a more perfect society based on the dignity, diversity, and democracy of the peoples. In that spirit, and with great clarity and integrity, Lusane calls on us to wake up, fight back, and never back down until justice prevails.\" —\u003cb\u003eSuzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne Hodulgee Muscogee), Writer, Editor, Curator, Native Indigenous Rights Advocate, and Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Lusane teaches us of the starkly contrasting lives of Tubman and Jackson, and captures blow-by-blow the intricacies of the struggles over changing currency before connecting them to broader ones in the moment of Donald Trump and George Floyd.\"—\u003cb\u003eDavid Roediger, author of\u003cem\u003e Working \u003cem\u003eToward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Clarence Lusane's \u003ci\u003eTwenty Dollars and Change\u003c\/i\u003e is truly impressive—a genuinely sweeping work.” \u003cb\u003e—Tom Engelhardt, editor of \u003ci\u003eTomDispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and author of \u003ci\u003eA Nation Unmade by War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Kali Holloway\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI. TWENTY DOLLARS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne: Symbolism Matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo: Harriet Tubman Represents Solidarity, Struggle, and Genuine Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree: Andrew Jackson’s Face Is a Meme for White Supremacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour: The Movement to Transform the Faces on U.S. Currency\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive: The Tubman Twenty—Black Support and Opposition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix: Conservative Hostility to the Tubman Twenty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eII. AND CHANGE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven: Fear of a Diverse America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight: From 1619 to Covid-19, Racism is a Pre-existing Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine: The George Floyd Catalyst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen: Abolishing Symbols of White Supremacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEleven: Black Voters Matter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Good Trouble and a Harriet Tubman–Inspired Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884897448279,"sku":"9780872868854","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780872868854.jpg?v=1722533962","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/20-and-change-harriet-tubman-george-floyd-and-the-struggle-for-radical-democracy-9780872868854","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}