Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton interweaves memoir and progressive polemic in this impassioned survey of contemporary American politics.

Rise Up offers timeless lessons for anyone who's stood at the crossroads of their personal or political life, weighting their choices of how to proceed. Reverend Al Sharpton revisits the highlights of the Obama administration, the 2016 election and Trump's subsequent hold on the GOP, and draws on his decades-long experience with other key players in politics and activism, including Shirley Chisholm, Hillary Clinton, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and more.

The time has come to take a hard look at our collective failures and shortcomings and reclaim our core values in order to build a clear and just path forward for America. Our nation today stands at a crossroads - and change can't wait.