17 The Last of the Great Believables

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface: “The Best a White America Has to Offer” ix
4. 1 Misfit 1
5. 2 Along the Color Line: The 1950s 16
6. 3 Faith, Hope, and Politics 44
7. 4 Black Votes 63
8. 5 Simple Justice 82
9. 6 The Challenge of a Decade 114
10. 7 Freedom Now 148
11. 8 “A Great Change Is at Hand” 179
12. 9 On His Own 214
13. 10 Transitions 236
14. 11 Beyond Civil Rights 255
15. 12 Suppose God Is Black 292
16. 13 Reckoning 324
17. 14 The Gravest Crisis since the Civil War 346
18. 15 Our Country’s Future 364
19. 16 A Time of Danger and Questioning 391
20. 17 The Last of the Great Believables 420
21. Epilogue 443
22. Notes 451
23. Acknowledgments 493
24. Index 497