About the Book
A no-holds-barred, red-hot discussion of race in America today from some of the leading names in the field, including the bestselling author of Just Mercy
This blisteringly candid discussion of the American dilemma in the age of Trump brings together the head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the former attorney general of the United States, a bestselling author and death penalty lawyer, and a star professor for an honest conversation the country desperately needs to hear.
Drawing on their collective decades of work on civil rights issues as well as personal histories of rising from poverty and oppression, these leading lights of the legal profession and the fight for racial justice talk about the importance of reclaiming the racial narrative and keeping our eyes on the horizon as we work for justice in an unjust time.
Covering topics as varied as âthe commonality of pain,â âwhen lawyers are heroes,â and the concept of an âequality dividendâ that is due to people of color for helping America brand itself internationally as a country of diversity and acceptance, Ifill, Lynch, Stevenson, and Thompson also explore topics such as âwhen did âpublicâ become a dirty wordâ (hint, it has something to do with serving people of color), âyou know what Jeff Sessions is going to say,â and âwhat it means to be a civil rights lawyer in the age of Trump.â
Building on Stevensonâs hugely successful Just Mercy, Lynchâs national platform at the Justice Department, Ifillâs role as one of the leading defenders of civil rights in the country, and the occasion of Thompsonâs launch of a new center on race, inequality, and the law at the NYU School of Law, A Perilous Path will speak loudly and clearly to everyone concerned about Americaâs perpetual fault line.