My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South RememberedThe almost unfathomable courage and the undying faith that propelled the Civil Rights Movement are brilliantly captured in these moving personal recollections. Here are the voices of leaders and followers, of ordinary people who became extraordinary in the face of turmoil and violence. From the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, these are the peeople who fought the epic battle: Rosa Parks, Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer, and others, both black and white, who participated in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, voter drives, and campaigns for school and university integration. Here, too, are voices from the "Down-Home Resistance" that supported George Wallace, Bull Connor, and the "traditions" of the Old South—voices that conjure up the frightening terrain on which the battle was fought. My Soul is Rested is a powerful document of social and political history, as well as a magnificent tribute to those who made history happen. |
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... folks had to work and they had to have that little money . We didn't mind them getting to work late to keep Miss Ann from getting to her job on time , and of course , they was just tellin ' Miss Ann , " We not ridin ' the bus , and you ...
... folks had to work and they had to have that little money . We didn't mind them getting to work late to keep Miss Ann from getting to her job on time , and of course , they was just tellin ' Miss Ann , " We not ridin ' the bus , and you ...
Page 135
... folks and sick of the South [ laughs ] and I said , " I've had it . " Be- cause every time I picked up the telephone ... folks nowadays talking about old folks " taking it . " They don't know how we didn't take it . There were those who ...
... folks and sick of the South [ laughs ] and I said , " I've had it . " Be- cause every time I picked up the telephone ... folks nowadays talking about old folks " taking it . " They don't know how we didn't take it . There were those who ...
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... folks were still getting beaten . He grabbed me by the coat and spin me around , and he said , " I just want you to watch this . " Folk were running over each other and trying to protect themselves . So I began to cry , ' cause it was ...
... folks were still getting beaten . He grabbed me by the coat and spin me around , and he said , " I just want you to watch this . " Folk were running over each other and trying to protect themselves . So I began to cry , ' cause it was ...
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My Soul Is Rested: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South Howell Raines Limited preview - 1983 |
My Soul Is Rested: Movement Days in the Deep South Remembered Howell Raines No preview available - 1983 |
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References to this book
Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and a New Social Movement Jean Anyon No preview available - 2005 |
The Civil Rights Movement, Second Edition: Struggle and Resistance William T. Martin Riches No preview available - 2004 |