From Southern wrongs to civil rights : the memoir of a white civil rights activist / Sara Mitchell Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912-2001.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women civil rights workers--History--Civil rights--20th century--Atlanta--Georgia--Biography.

Women civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--Atlanta--Georgia--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Women, White--Georgia--Atlanta--Biography.

Women, White.

African Americans--Georgia.

African Americans.

Atlanta (Ga.)--Biography.

Atlanta (Ga.).

Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.

Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Parsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912-2001.

Parsons, Sara Mitchell.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 184 pages)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first-hand account tells the story of turbulent civil rights era Atlanta through the eyes of a white upper-class woman who became an outspoken advocate for integration and racial equality. As a privileged white woman who grew up in segregated Atlanta, Sara Mitchell Parsons was an unlikely candidate to become a civil rights agitator. After all, her only contacts with blacks were with those who helped raise her and those who later helped raise her children.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by David J. Garrow; Introduction; 1. Growing Up Southern; 2. From Buckhead to Brotherhood; 3. Running Scared for Public Office; 4. Crisis in the Bible Belt; 5. ""Men Don''t Like Women on Boards""; 6. Sunday Morning at Ebenezer; 7. Not the Best of Times; 8. From Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights; 9. The Second Time Around; 10. Long Journey to a New Life; 11. The Dove Flies On; 12. What Has Happened to the Dream?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-585-38283-2