Civil rights chronicle : letters from the South / by Clarice T. Campbell ; foreword by John Dittmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Clarice T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campbell, Clarice T--Correspondence.

Campbell, Clarice T.

African American women civil rights workers--Southern States--Correspondence.

African American women civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--Southern States--Correspondence.

Civil rights workers.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century--Sources.

Civil rights movements.

Universities and colleges, Black--Southern States--History--20th century--Sources.

Universities and colleges, Black.

Politics and government.

History.

Southern States--Politics and government--1951---Sources.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 264 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [1997]

Summary:

Anyone who says nothing has changed must have forgotten or never have known the daily indignities, not to mention the powerless position, of African Americans in the South before the 1960s. A white California teacher named Clarice T. Campbell wrote detailed letters to family and friends about her small adventures while studying at the universities of Alabama and Mississippi and teaching at black Mississippi and South Carolina colleges. She was a keen eyewitness during troubled times. her letters reveal a time and a place as well as her observant, feeling nature. Motivated to educate or remind, Campbell has collected and edited these amazing letters. They tell of racial injustice she encountered, whether shopping, having her car repaired, or dining in cafes and restaurants. Everywhere, she recognized matters that she deemed wrong. But only she and a few others dared to speak out. With her clear insight into a closed society being broken open, these collective letters to the world

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0878059520

0878059539

OCLC:

35450322