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Gaillard (writer in residence, Univ. of South Alabama; Watermelon Wine) gives a chronological retelling of the triumphs and tragedies of the 1960s. As a history, A Hard Rain is exhaustive, recounting not only well-known events such as the Kennedy assassinations and the March on Washington but also dozens of less publicized incidents that spoke to the national mood. He shows how Frank Rizzo's hard line approach to policing African Americans in Philadelphia echoed Bull Connor and Jim Clark in the South. He follows Martin Luther K...Log In or Sign Up to Read More