Book Review: Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976–1980 by Rick Perlstein

Abstract

revived movements in the North andWest were a departure from, rather than an extension of, the southern Movement of the previous decade’ (p. 94). Again, this is not an attempt to dismiss the burgeoning historiography of the Civil Rights Movement outside the American South. Instead, it is Holt’s way of reminding readers that the ‘classic’ narrative, while certainly needing an update to include more stories about the centrality of Black women to the movement, is still the best method by which to make sense of the time period. The Movement is a valuable resource for thinking through the Civil Rights era and its impact on American history.