The autobiography of Medgar Evers : a hero's life and legacy revealed through his writings, letters, and speeches /
The American civil rights movement of the 1950s, and 1960s was spurred by innumerable heros who earned small triumphs in the face of epic intolerance and terror. [This book] reveals what it mean to fight the most intractably racist bureaucracy of the Tim Crow era. [In the book, the editor] ha[s] cre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Civitas Books,
[2005]
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | The American civil rights movement of the 1950s, and 1960s was spurred by innumerable heros who earned small triumphs in the face of epic intolerance and terror. [This book] reveals what it mean to fight the most intractably racist bureaucracy of the Tim Crow era. [In the book, the editor] ha[s] created a vibrant portrait of an activist at work. The result is both a tribute to a civil rights hero and a living testament to the power of grassroots political action to change our lives for the better.-Dust jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-330) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465021772 0465021778 0465021786 9780465021789 |