Liberation Summer : The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics

From Pulitzer Prize finalist and historian Micki McElya, the first complete, in-depth look at a critical but overlooked moment in our history-the road to the September 1968 dual protests of the Miss America and Miss Black America pageants in Atlantic City-and its lasting impact on the women’s rights movements in America. Of the many pivotal years in United States history studied and recreated by historians, journalists, and filmmakers, 1968, in particular, is widely recognized as a major turning point in the country’s social and political trajectory.In just twelve months the US experienced the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, the Tet Offensive and the rising intensity of the Vietnam War, the deadly riots at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, and the election of Richard Nixon, a president whose tenure would ultimately erode trust of government and authority to an uncomfortable degree.But these narratives usually omit another, equally i