Nobody Turn Me Around - by Charles Euchner (Paperback)

About the Book

Draws on the oral histories of more than one hundred participants to provide a behind-the-scenes look at the historic 1963 March on Washington that culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Book Synopsis

On August 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people--two-thirds black and one-third white--held the greatest civil rights demonstration ever. In this major reinterpretation of the Great Day--the peak of the movement--Charles Euchner brings back the tension and promise of the march. Building on countless interviews, archives, FBI files, and private recordings, this hour-by-hour account offers intimate glimpses into the lives of those key players and ordinary people who converged on the National Mall to fight for civil rights in the March on Washington.

Review Quotes

"Euchner has turned the March on Washington into a 'people's history.' Compelling and dramatic, this book is an important contribution."--Juan Williams, author of Eyes On The Prize and news analyst for NPR and Fox News

"A sharp, riveting depiction of what Martin Luther King called the greatest demonstration for freedom in the nation's history."--Kirkus

"The March on Washington was a demand to make the Constitution of the United States work for black people--to cash the blank check, as Dr. King put it that day ...Euchner's superb book brings it all back in vivid detail."--Roger Wilkins, author of Jefferson's Pillow

"'We must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force, ' said King near the end of the long, hot day. Euchner's dignified book reflects that kind of power."--James Sullivan, The Boston Globe

"The pages crackle and vibrate with the voices of unsung heroes who drove, flew, rode buses and trains, hitchhiked, even walked long distances to be there in the Great Emancipator's stone shadow as Dr. King spun out his immortal 'Dream.'"--John Egerton, author of Speak Now Against the Day

About the Author

Charles Euchner is the author of books about politics, sports, and cities. He is the creator of The Writing Code, the only brain-based system for mastering writing and editing. He was executive director of the Rappaport In­stitute for Greater Boston at Harvard University.