{"product_id":"racial-matters-the-fbis-secret-file-on-black-america-1960-1972-9780029236826","title":"Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eBlack Americans \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNixon's Piano \u003c\/i\u003eKenneth O'Reilly takes a blunt and remarkable look at the FBI and \"its relentless drive to destroy the civil rights movement and its most visible leader, Martin Luther King, Jr.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Kennedy to Nixon, the FBI unwillingly found itself at the center of the struggle for racial equality and justice. Kenneth O'Reilly tells the shocking story of how political loyalties, priorities, and prejudices turned a government agency into an adversary, instead of a protector, of civil rights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKenneth O'Reilly is a professor and author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eNixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRacial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlack Americans: The FBI File\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHoover and the Un-Americans: The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace. Racial Matters was a\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e notable book of the year. He is emeritus professor of history at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, and now teaches at Milwaukee Area Technical College. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491328561426,"sku":"9780029236826","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bde1be0f-d487-4a2a-89a7-0e43dd091b5e.jpg?v=1730539111","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/racial-matters-the-fbis-secret-file-on-black-america-1960-1972-9780029236826","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}