Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement

The romantic vision of the civil rights movement is exhausted, and its inverse, Afropessimism, offers a self-defeating irony. To resolve this impasse, Brandon Terry transforms the standard story of America’s democratic awakening through a tragic reading of the civil rights movement: as an ongoing struggle still worthy of affirmation.

• | Author: Brandon M. Terry
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 21, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780674271289
• | ISBN-10: 0674271289