Softspoken, Outspoken:

Ramsey Clark, the Sixties, and Lessons for Navigating a Hot Political World

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It's hardly an exaggeration to say that the Civil Rights Movement was a fight for the soul of our country. Now, fifty years later, we’ve entered another era that challenges our national identity, making us question who we are. Will we remain the world's melting pot? Or should we close our borders? Certainly “all men are created equal,” but what about those whose gender identity is “they?” Does being a superpower require going to war? Is prosperity at home a zero-sum game? Is true democracy secure in a system powered by money?

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Our political discourse has never been so rambunctious, or so important. At least not since the 1960s.

 

Serving in the Department of Justice from 1961 to 1969, my uncle Ramsey learned that change isn't easy. Watching activists protest at lunch counters, march for the right to vote, speak hard truths, and go to battle in our courts, my uncle was inspired to use their strategies of civil disobedience for another half century. Softpoken, Outspoken looks at the philosophies of a controversial activist whose stories tell a fascinating tale of what it means to be an American. My uncle Ramsey's stories and ideals offer hope for positive change in an era of political divisiveness. 

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