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Children of the movement : the sons and daughters of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, James Chaney, Elaine Brown, and others reveal how the civil rights movement tested and transformed their families / John Blake.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blake, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American civil rights workers--Biography.
- African American civil rights workers.
- Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- Sons--United States--Biography.
- Sons.
- Daughters--United States--Biography.
- Daughters.
- African American families.
- Families--United States.
- Families.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Southern States--Race relations.
- Southern States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Profiling 24 of the adult children of the most recognizable figures in the civil rights movement, this book collects the intimate, moving stories of families who were pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle or brought together by their efforts to change America. The whole range of players is covered, from the children of leading figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and martyrs like James Earl Chaney to segregationists like George Wallace and Black Panther leaders like Elaine Brown. The essays reveal that some children are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw des
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Casualties of War; 2 The Next Generation ; 3 Children of the Icons; 4 Children of the Segregationist Leaders ; 5 Children of Black Power ; 6 Children of the Martyrs ; 7 The New Radicals: From Selma to Seattle ; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-306-03749-2
- 1-56976-592-8
- OCLC:
- 654759088
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