information on The Good Fight—a beautiful and significant, albeit eerily timely, book that’s near and dear to my heart. Would love to book Rick on the show!
A very significant book, THE GOOD FIGHT: America’s Ongoing Struggle for Justice, (Sterling Publishing, October 17, 2017, HC $35.00; 258 pages; ISBN: 978-1454927341), produced by New York Times best-selling authors Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, and made possible with the generous support of the Anti-Defamation League, is being launched in just a few weeks. It is a tribute to the civil rights movement of the past century – highlighting many successes and identifying areas that still need work. It covers many groups, including: African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Muslims, Women, the LGBTQ community, Latin Americans, Asian Americans and the disabled. As seen through the eyes of the world’s leading photographers over the past century, this book helps put today into perspective.
“When Jonathan Greenblatt, the director of the Anti-Defamation League, and I first conceived THE GOOD FIGHT, we envisioned it as a retrospective, a book of history to remind every American of the inspiring progress made over the past century and to acknowledge how much further we as a nation still need to go,” says Smolan. “But then, as the 2016 presidential election played out around us, when so many previously hard-fought victories against hatred and injustice appeared to, once again, be in jeopardy, we expanded the scope of the project. We hope this book will prompt readers to appreciate how much work remains to be done.”
Rick Smolan is available for interviews on October 19t
Rick is available to discuss the following:
. The importance of reflecting on the struggles of the past and seeing them as lessons for the future.
. The obstacles Smolan overcame to portray an accurate and comprehensive but, ultimately, optimistic view of a century’s worth of civil rights struggles.
. Discoveries during the research and compilation of the book.
. How the images, essays, and videos found in the book can inspire and educate the next generation.
THE GOOD FIGHT communicates its messages in multiple ways – through 180 provocative photographs, over a dozen insightful essays, bold infographics plus a smartphone app that enables readers to point their smartphones or tablets at over 60 photos to immediately stream online video clips, including TED Talks, that vividly bring each story to life.
Featured contributors and essayists include:
. George Takei, Star Trek television and film star
. Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times
. Todd Brewster, award-winning journalist, best-selling author and historian
. Ray Suarez, best-selling author and former correspondent for PBS News Hour and NPR’s Talk of the Nation
. Aimee Mullins, actress and Paralympics World-record holder
Rick, a former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer, is best known as the creator of the Day in the Life book series. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times bestseller lists and have been featured on the covers of Time, Newsweek, Fortune, and similar publications around the world. His other projects include Inside Tracks: Alone Across the Outback, The Human Face of Big Data, America at Home, Blue Planet Run, The Obama Time Capsule, America 24/7, One Digital Day, 24 Hours in Cyberspace, Passage to Vietnam, The Power to Heal, and From Alice to Ocean.
“A powerful collection of personal journeys through words, images, music, and videos that shows how much progress still lies ahead in the quest for dignity and equality.”
-WALTER ISAACSON, CEO, ASPEN INSTITUTE
“An evocative, stirring, and achingly beautiful project.”
-MITCH ALBOM, AUTHOR OF TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE