The Sword and the Shield
- 373 pages
- 14 hours of reading
A dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders


A dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King that transforms our understanding of the twentieth century's most iconic African American leaders
One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America's Third Reconstruction