Book signing to follow
Creating a Nation Series: In the wake of America’s 250th anniversary, this series turns to what has followed the Revolution – how a still-young country continues to define, redefine, and extend its ideals.
In 1829, Eugene Robinson’s great-great-grandfather was sold to a Charleston plantation owner. Two hundred years later, Robinson – Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, MSNBC political analyst, and one of America’s most distinguished journalists – has written the story of what happened in between. This book traces his family’s journey across two centuries, from enslavement through emancipation, through the Civil Rights Movement and beyond, to the present day. He will argue his family’s story is not exceptional but quintessentially American: a relentless pursuit of freedom and opportunity in the face of every obstacle – and a reminder of how profoundly African Americans have shaped, defended, and pushed the nation toward its own ideals.