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In the Shadow of Statues : A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu; OverDrive, Inc is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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"An extraordinarily powerful journey that is both political and personal...An important book for everyone in America to read." —Walter Isaacson,#1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo Da Vinci and Steve Jobs The New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts the racism that shapes us and argues for white America to reckon with its past. A passionate, personal, urgent book from the man who sparked a national debate. "There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence for it." When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May 2017 about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee, he struck a nerve nationally, and his speech has now been heard or seen by millions across the country. In his first book, Mayor Landrieu discusses his personal journey on race as well as the path he took to making the decision to remove the monuments, tackles the broader history of slavery, race and institutional inequities that still bedevil America, and traces his personal relationship to this history. His father, as state legislator and mayor, was a huge force in the integration of New Orleans in

Who reads In the Shadow of Statues : A White Southerner Confronts History?

Author

Mitch Landrieu; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780525559450

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Biography

Rating

4.6 / 5 (746 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14