A review by johnboscoreads
The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement by William J. Barber II, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

4.0

This was an interesting book. It gave a lot of insight into the fight in Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II's life, and the more recent struggle for equality in North Carolina, but there was not much in regard to the larger struggle in the country. A lot of that is due to the idea Mr. Barber espouses, that this fight can only happen in each state and we do not need the helicopter saviors like during the Civil Rights era, but every day people building coalitions in each state. The biggest struggle I have with that is if it is a state by state fight, states will be in different stages of equality at any given time. So the larger forces at work trying to keep African Americans, Latinos, LGBTQ people, etc. disenfranchised and their voice hidden from the public will be able to pour their money into any single place gaining ground. If this justice movement and coalition system worked more with national groups like Black Lives Matter or the reinvigorated NAACP that Mr. Barber has worked with, then there could be grassroots movements in every state at the same time so there were no single targets. Then we wouldn't have the issue of outside money coming in since every state would be worried about their own state legislatures. Just my two cents.