Bibliograph

In the shadow of statues, a white southerner confronts history, Mitch Landrieu

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In the shadow of statues, a white southerner confronts history, Mitch Landrieu

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 215)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the shadow of statues

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1028048031

Responsibility statement

Mitch Landrieu

Sub title

a white southerner confronts history

Summary

"When Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May 2017 about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, he struck a nerve nationally, forcing into the open a reckoning with the institutional racism that shapes us today. Now Mayor Landrieu retraces his personal journey on race and the path he took to making the decision to remove the monuments.... Equal parts memoir, history, and prescription for finally confronting America's most painful legacy ..."--Jacket flaps

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Can someone get me a crane? -- Broadmoor -- Learning to see what's in front of me -- David Duke and Donald Trump, a nightmare loop -- Politics in disaster time -- Rebuilding and mourning in NOLA -- The shadow of Robert E. Lee -- Epilogue

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White southerner confronts history

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