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The 546-page book, published in October, which was selected by the New York Times as one of \u201c100 notable books of 2025,\u201d deals with the reality of the civil rights movement, trying to replace romanticized, idealistic visions of the movement with a more nuanced understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the New York Times, \u201cThe civil rights movement has been enshrined in American history as an exemplary model of transformative social action. Terry, a Harvard scholar, upends the conventional wisdom, rejecting both romanticized versions of the past and pessimistic accounts of the present to offer a nuanced theory of the movement \u2014 and of social movements in general \u2014 predicated on a rigorous philosophical vision of what he calls \u2018tragic hope.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The Myers lecture, which is housed\u00a0in\u00a0The\u00a0University of Scranton\u2019s Slattery Center for the Ignatian\u00a0Humanities,\u00a0works\u00a0to advance the University\u2019s efforts in bringing renowned scholars,\u00a0artists\u00a0and thinkers to campus to share their work and enrich cultural and civic activity.<\/span><\/p>\n Sondra Myers was a longtime director of the University\u2019s Schemel Forum whose career has focused on strengthening democracy and civic engagement through cultural programming, public policy\u00a0work\u00a0and humanities scholarship. Morey Myers, a civil rights activist and accomplished jurist, is a graduate of the Yale University School of Law and Syracuse University.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n