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Children of the Movement: The Sons and Daughters of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely ... Rights Movement Tested and Transformed Thei

Author: John Blake
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books

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    Profiling 24 of the adult children of the most recognizable figures in the civil rights movement, this book collects the intimate, moving stories of families who were pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle or brought together by their efforts to change America. The whole range of players is covered, from the children of leading figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and martyrs like James Earl Chaney to segregationists like George Wallace and Black Panther leaders like Elaine Brown. The essays reveal that some children are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw destroyed by the struggle, while others are still trying to change the world. Included are such inspiring stories as the daughter of a notoriously racist Southern governor who finds her calling as a teacher in an all-black inner-city school and the daughter of a famous martyr who unexpectedly meets her mother’s killer. From the first activists killed by racist Southerners to the current global justice protestors carrying on the work of their parents, these profiles offer a look behind the public face of the triumphant civil rights movement and show the individual lives it changed in surprising ways.

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  • Theme: 20th century, African American civil rights workers, African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century, American history: from c 1900 -, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Black studies, Civil rights & citizenship, Civil rights workers, Cultural Heritage, Current Affairs & Issues, Ethnic Issues, Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General, History / United States / 20th Century, Political structure & processes, Social Science, Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Sociology, Sons, U.S. - Political And Civil Rights, U.S. History - 20th Century (General), USA, United States, United States - 20th Century
  • Date Published: June 01, 2007
  • Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
  • Author: John Blake
  • Pages: 272
  • Format: Paperback

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  • ASIN: 1556526784
  • ISBN: 1556526784
  • Item can be gift wrapped.

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