Fighting the devil in Dixie : how civil rights activists took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama / Wayne Greenhaw.
Author/creator |
Greenhaw, Wayne, 1940- |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2011. |
Description | xix, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Subject(s) |
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Contents | Willie's first day -- The legacy of Willie Edwards -- Klan on trial -- Hound-dog determined -- "Fight everything segregated" -- The making of a segregationist -- The pair from Howard -- "Segregation forever!" -- Education of a liberal -- Country-boy lawyer -- The Alabama story -- Requiem for Jimmie Lee Jackson -- Don Quixote of the South -- The Southern Courier -- The rise of John Hulett -- Southern Poverty Law Center -- The people's attorney general -- Breaking the Klan -- "Forgive me, for I have sinned' -- "Like a mighty stream." |
Abstract | Wayne Greenhaw recounts his life and experiences as a journalist covering the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, describing his interviews with Klan members, detectives, victims, civil rights leaders, and politicians, and discussing the history of Governor George C. Wallace. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index. |
LCCN | 2010030114 |
ISBN | 9781569763452 (hardcover) |
ISBN | 1569763453 (hardcover) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | E185.615 .G687 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |