Cry My Beloved America: A Call to Action

Alexander Polikoff focuses his formidable talents on the anger and frustration that today bedevil America. Why are things as bad as they are? And what can we do about it? Polikoff first carefully examines America’s political sickness. Then, diagnosis in hand, he offers a hopeful prescription. Along the way, he marshals the support of an impressive array of thoughtful observers. This compelling analysis will forever illuminate how you think about the most critical moment in the history of the American enterprise since the Civil War.

“Polikoff brings a walk-through-walls determination and pragmatism born of a lifetime fighting for racial and economic justice. It’s all on display in this book, which speaks to the urgency of now, informed by a rich account of our turbulent history and missed opportunities, and an agenda of solutions.”– Xavier de Souza Briggs, Author, Senior Fellow Brookings Institution

ALEXANDER POLIKOFF’s previous books include, Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto; The Path Still Open: A Greater Chance for Peace than Ever Before; and A Brief History of the Subordination of African Americans in the U.S.: Of Handcuffs and Bootstraps (co-author). Polikoff served for twenty-nine years as executive director of a public interest law and policy center in Chicago, and as lead counsel in a major civil rights victory in the U.S. Supreme Court. Among many other awards and recognitions, he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Lawyer magazine.