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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Williams, Juan, author.     Subjects     United States. Constitution.     Celebrities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Founding Fathers of the United States.     American Dream.     United States -- Civilization -- 1970-     Browse Catalog     by author:      Williams, Juan, author.       by title:      We the people : the ...         MARC Display

We the people : the modern-day figures who have reshaped and affirmed the Founding Fathers' vision of America / Juan Williams. by Williams, Juan, author. New York : Crown Publishers, c2016. Subjects United States. Constitution.   Celebrities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Founding Fathers of the United States.   American Dream.   United States -- Civilization -- 1970- ISBN:  9780307952042 (hardback) : 0307952045 (hardback) Description:  ix, 453 pages ; 25 cm Edition:  First Edition. Contents:  The Founding Fathers and modern America -- The great American melting pot. JFK, Ted Kennedy, and the immigration reform that changed America -- The living Constitution. Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon Johnson, and the fight for civil rights -- Broken windows, urban crime, and hard data. Bill Bratton and modern policing -- "No apologies, no regrets." General William Westmoreland and the rebirth of the U.S. military -- It's the economy, stupid. Milton Friedman's new math of free markets, big business, and small taxes -- Liberty and justice for all. Eleanor Roosevelt and the fight for universal human rights -- The bridge and tunnel crowd. Robert Moses, William Levitt, and the American city -- "Keep the boys happy." George Meany, labor unions, and the rise of the middle class -- One nation under God. Billy Graham and the power of the Christian right -- Girls to women to your boss. Betty Friedan and American feminism -- The power of diplomacy. Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, and the opening of China -- One-third of a nation. Pat Moynihan and the war on poverty -- Equal protection under the law. Harry Hay, Barry Goldwater, and gay rights -- Back to the future. Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese, and the remaking of the judicial system -- The social safety net. Social Security, Medicare, and Robert Ball 'Silent spring.' Rachel Carson and the environmental movement -- A new beginning. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, and the fight for racial equality -- The right to bear arms. Charlton Heston and the NRA. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In We the People, renown journalist, Fox political analyst, and bestselling author Juan Williams examines the lives of the men and women in the 20th century who have extended the Founding Fathers' original vision of the country and reshaped what America is"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.30922 Wi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.30922 Wi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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