The Longest Four Years of My Life: A View from the Field by a Black Fed in the Trump Administration - Softcover

Gilliard, Deric A.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798990620094

Verlag: Gilliard Communications, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

This candid and unflinching memoir offers a rare insider view of the federal government through the eyes of a Black professional who spent 25 years serving across five presidential administrations, from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden.

Deric A. Gilliard draws on a career spanning journalism, civil rights, communications, and federal public service. Before entering government, he worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the historic organization associated with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and built a journalism career that included work appearing in outlets such as USA Today and Time.

With particular focus on the Trump administration, Gilliard shares firsthand experiences of navigating predominantly white political and professional environments while confronting issues of racial injustice, economic inequality, healthcare access, DEI, and the treatment of marginalized communities.

Blending personal anecdotes with sharp political analysis, The Longest Four Years of My Life explores the complicated intersection of race, justice, faith, politics, and public service. Gilliard examines how government decisions affect real communities while reflecting on the challenges of maintaining personal conviction within powerful institutions.

For readers of political memoirs, African American nonfiction, and civil rights history, this book provides a thought-provoking Black federal perspective on faith, race, and justice, and an inside look at the Trump years from within the federal government.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Gilliard Communications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798990620094
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 526
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