My soul looks back in wonder : voices of the civil rights experience / Juan Williams ; foreword David Halberstam ; afterword Marian Wright Edelman.
| Author/creator |
Williams, Juan |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : AARP/Sterling, ©2004. |
| Description | xxiii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
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| Contents | Introduction : the soul of change -- section 1. The weight. I am a man / Jesse Epps -- A dream is a good place to start / Endesha Holland -- King of the blues / B.B. King -- Twisted steel and sex appeal / Sputnik Monroe -- Gentleman of the press / Vernon Jarrett -- Skin dive / Dr. Sammy Lee -- American Gandhi / James Lawson -- The birth of Elvis / Jim Dickinson -- The jump-off point / Jerome Smith -- "Like little tortures each day" / Carol Swann-Daniels -- section 2. We shall not be moved. A blinding flash opened our eyes / Carolyn McKinstry -- Justice never sleeps / William Baxley -- The veil of amnesia / Diane McWhorter -- Heaven can wait / Joseph Lowery -- Cracking the system / Raylawni Branch -- Louisiana moon / Maurice Landrieu -- Wake up, Washington! / Rachelle Horowitz -- The brutal truth / Karl Fleming -- Mother courage / Carolyn Goodman -- Hour of power / Alvin Poussaint -- Love story in black and white / Constancia Romilly -- Hard-wired for freedom / Heather Booth -- Help from on high / Curtis Graves -- At history's elbow / Samuel Kyles -- section 3. The wings of the future. Founding sisters / Susan Brownmiller -- Unprincipled principal / Jose Angel Gutierrez -- Shooting for big fish / Diane Wilson -- Wheels of progress / Michelle Steger -- Threads in the civil rights quilt / Barney Frank -- Rewriting the lies / Suzan Harjo -- The Latino underground railroad / John Fife -- A more perfect union / Tawanda Murray -- A living hope / Eugene Rivers -- Afterword / Marion Wright Edelman. |
| Abstract | The historic struggle for civil rights has revolutionized every aspect of American life and is still shaping what it means to be free in a fast-changing global society. In My Soul Looks Back in Wonder, best-selling author and Emmy-winning correspondent Juan Williams presents the dramatic and uplifting stories of men and women who have been profoundly transformed by their experiences on the front lines of freedom. Meet Jesse Epps, who witnesses the cold-blooded murder of a black man who refused to step aside for the white "town boss" and then channels his rage into political action. Or Endesha Holland, a former prostitute whose chance run-in with civil rights icon Robert Moses in Mississippi sets her on a harrowing journey that leads to a Ph.D. Or Diane Wilson, Texas fisherwoman who, inspired by the struggles of Vietnamese shrimpers, launches a crusade to save the Gulf Coast from big-time polluters. Published on the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, My Soul Looks Back in Wonder is an intimate portrait of America at its best. As Juan Williams writes, "In these pages you will meet extraordinary individuals who tapped into their personal power to become agents of change. They are those rare souls who, through sacrifice and risk, dared take direct action to create a better America. They are American history." - Jacket flap. |
| Abstract | More than 30 people tell personal stories about the nonviolent struggle for civil rights, then and now, not only the leaders but also ordinary citizens who bear witness to "transforming moments" when they suddenly found the courage to try to change things. |
| LCCN | 2004045391 |
| ISBN | 1402714157 |
| Stock number | 1234107 QBI |
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