The Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality
New York: Basic Books, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. By focusing on purely symbolic gestures, Kennedy missed crucial opportunities to confront the obstructionist Southern bloc and to enact genuine reform. Kennedy's inertia emboldened white supremacists, and forced discouraged black activists to adopt increasingly militant tactics. At.....