RaveMediumIn Juan Williams’ What the Hell Do You Have to Lose? , the political analyst sets out to answer Trump’s campaign trail question and to demonstrate the tangible threat that Trump’s presidency poses to black Americans. Williams handily accomplishes this aim, reconstructing with clean, engaging prose the stories of some of history’s least recognized civil rights heroes, juxtaposed against the ways that Trump has challenged their legacies. In the book...Williams chronicles the American black community’s long, hard-fought battle for civil rights, focusing on the period between the end of slavery and the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He reconstructs the stories of some of history’s most tireless — albeit least recognized — heroes ... Their stories are told in intimate, devastating detail, painting a picture of personal sacrifice for the benefit of societal progress.
