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Unbroken and unbound : a life dedicated to God, justice, and the South / Horace Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, Horace.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patterson, Horace.
- African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Talladega--Biography.
- African American civil rights workers.
- Baptists--Alabama--Talladega--Clergy--Biography.
- Baptists.
- African Americans--Alabama--Talladega--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Clergy.
- Talladega (Ala.)--Biography.
- Talladega (Ala.).
- Alabama--Talladega.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2002]
- Summary:
- Horace Patterson's story reveals his metamorphosis from a baseball-playing youth to the politically active and socially aware black minister that he is today. Patterson's forward-looking and hopeful book chronicles his escape from the cycle of poverty and violence through the power of God, and it explores the social, political, and theological underpinnings that have shaped an activist minister's life. Detailing his journey from his original calling when God began "dancing on his toes," Unbroken is Patterson's account of five decades as an activist involved in the politics of fairness and racial justice in the small-town arena and on the national stage. Documenting the South's passage from the conflict-ridden fifties and sixties to the sometimes still-turbulent present, Patterson recounts locking horns with the mayor of Talladega, coming into conflict with the local old-time money, and how he overcame years of bribery, death threats, and other forms of physical and mental intimidation. Undaunted, Patterson continues to strive for freedom and equality.
- Contents:
- 1 Beginnings 15
- 2 Called to Preach 22
- 3 Preparation For Leadership 33
- 4 Talladega, Alabama 56
- 5 The Board of Education 78
- 6 The Man Who Should Have Been School Superintendent 101
- 7 A Test of My Resolve 143
- 8 City Hall in Crisis 156
- 9 Who Is Jerry Jackson? The Mayor's Explanation 163
- 10 Leading and Learning 189.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1588380556
- OCLC:
- 49946180
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