Ames Senior Center
450 Washington Street
Dedham\, MA 02026
(781) 751-9495
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\nMa y 17: A fter the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller by Max W allace \;
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\nIn this powerful new history\, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draw s on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller's journey after the m iracle\, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed\, lifelong fight f or social justice across gender\, class\, race\, and ability. Raised in Al abama\, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public b roadside against Jim Crow and donated to the NAACP. She used her fame to o ppose American intervention in WWI. She spoke out against Hitler the month he took power in 1933 and embraced the anti-fascist cause during the Span ish Civil War. She was one of the first public figures to alert the world to the evils of Apartheid\, raising money to defend Nelson Mandela when he faced the death penalty for High Treason. She lambasted Joseph McCarthy a t the height of the Cold War\, even as her contemporaries shied away from his notorious witch hunt. But who was this revolutionary figure? She was H elen Keller. From books to movies to Barbie dolls\, most mainstream portra yals of Keller focus heavily on her struggles as a deafblind child--portra ying her Teacher\, Annie Sullivan\, as a miracle worker. This narrative--w hich has often made Keller a secondary character in her own story--has res ulted in few people knowing that Keller's greatest accomplishment was not learning to speak\, but what she did with her voice when she found it. Aft er the Miracle is a much-needed corrective to this antiquated narrative. I n this first major biography of Keller in decades\, Max Wallace reveals th at the lionization of Sullivan at the expense of her famous pupil was no a ccident\, and calls attention to Keller's efforts as a card-carrying socia list\, fierce anti-racist\, and progressive disability advocate. Despite b eing raised in an era when eugenics and discrimination were commonplace\, Keller consistently challenged the media for its ableist coverage and was one of the first activists to highlight the links between disability and c apitalism\, even as she struggled against the expectations and prejudices of those closest to her. Peeling back the curtain that obscured Keller's p olitical crusades in favor of her "inspirational" childhood\, After the Mi racle chronicles the complete legacy of one of the 20th century's most ext raordinary figures. \; --Provided by publisher
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