When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
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    [year] => 2021
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    [synopsis] => The American Promise enshrined in our Constitution states that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Theodore Johnson argues, the promise that made America unique on Earth will have died. In When the Stars Begin to Fall, Johnson presents a compelling blueprint for the kind of national solidarity necessary to mitigate racism.

Weaving together history, personal memories, and his family's multi-generational experiences with racism, Johnson posits that solutions can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society, not a color-blind one, is the true fulfillment of the American Promise.

Fueled by Johnson's ultimate faith in the American project, grounded in his family's longstanding optimism and his own military service, “When the Stars Begin to Fall” is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable.
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    [subtitle] => Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
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