Daniel S. Lucks' New Book:
Reconsidering Reagan
In Reconsidering Reagan, Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump, Daniel S. Lucks has written the first book devoted to exposing Ronald Reagan's embrace of white supremacy. It also details how the conservative movement was infected with a virulent dose of racism from its inception. Lucks expertly examines how Reagan planted the seeds for Trump. A finalist for the 2021 Prose Award for best scholarly work published in a trade press, Reconsidering Reagan is essential amid our current reckoning on structural racism and Black Lives Matter. (Read more...)
"Daniel Lucks has written the first sustained and comprehensive treatment of Ronald Reagan's racial politics...Those who want to understand how the GOP became the party of Trump should read Reconsidering Reagan."
- Doug Rossinow Author of the Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s.
"Daniel Lucks has written the first sustained and comprehensive treatment of Ronald Reagan's racial politics...Those who want to understand how the GOP became the party of Trump should read Reconsidering Reagan."
- Doug Rossinow Author of the Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s.
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About the Author
Daniel S. Lucks holds a PhD in American history from the University of California, Berkeley and is the author of Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War and Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republicans, and the Road to Trump - a finalist for the AAP's 2021 Prose Award for best scholarly work published in a trade press.
He is a graduate of University of California Hastings College of the Law and has practiced in California, Illinois, and Guam. Currently, he lives in Los Angeles.
He is a graduate of University of California Hastings College of the Law and has practiced in California, Illinois, and Guam. Currently, he lives in Los Angeles.