{"product_id":"the-good-fight-americas-ongoing-struggle-for-justice","title":"The Good Fight: America's Ongoing Struggle for Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful collection of personal journeys through words  images  music  and videos that shows how much progress still lies ahead in the quest for dignity and equality. Walter Isaacson  author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life and Steve Jobs  From the creator of the bestselling Day in the Life series comes an extraordinary illustrated book showing how much progress has been made in America over the last 100 years against hatred  bigotry  racism  and injusticeand how much more work remains to be done.  The Good Fight vividly depicts the human face of Americas sporadically violent  often triumphant  always risky struggle to fulfill the promise of freedom and equality for all. Fought in the streets  the courthouse  and the corridors of Congress  it is a story that has become Americas own morality play  illustrated here through more than 180 memorable photographs  nearly 60 embedded videos  over a dozen compelling essays plus examples of music and lyrics that rallied Americas resistance to injustice. For those who wish to eradicate bigotry and intolerance in America  The Good Fight is a call to action. It shows us how much we as a nation have accomplished; it also reminds us of the fragility of our success and how quickly this hard-fought progress can slip away if we do not remain vigilant.  In addition  The Good Fight features a smartphone app (THE GOOD FIGHT VIEWER) that enables readers to point their smartphones or tablets at over 60 photos to immediately stream online video clips  including TED Talks  that vividly bring each story to life.  This timely book captures the strugglesand the successesexperienced by women  African Americans  Native Americans  Jews  Muslims  the LGBTQ community  Latinos  Asian Americans  and the disabled. Along with the eloquent images and graphics  The Good Fight includes short guest essays from individuals representing each group. The writers include: George Takei  Star Trek television and film star Bret Stephens  Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times Todd Brewster  award-winning journalist  bestselling author  and historian Bryan Stevenson  bestselling author and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative Cleve Jones  best-selling author and creator of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt Jonathan Broder  award-winning journalist  formerly of the Chicago Tribune  NPR and Newsweek Ray Suarez  best-selling author and former correspondent for PBS NewsHour and NPRs Talk of the Nation Charles Ramsey  former DC Police Chief and Presidents Task Force on 21st Century Policing Aimee Mullins  actress and Paralympics world-record holder Zak Ebrahim  bestselling author and speaker on nonviolence Wajahat Ali  New York Times columnist and creative director of Affinis Labs Tiffany Shlain  Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards Mat Johnson  bestselling author and recipient of the United States Artists James Baldwin Fellowship Richard Bernstein  bestselling author  former Time Bureau Chief and New York Times correspondent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983995039797,"sku":"ByrdShop_1454927348","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781454927341.jpg?v=1770818320","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-good-fight-americas-ongoing-struggle-for-justice","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}