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The house by the side of the road : the Selma civil rights movement / Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American women civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma--Biography.
- African American women civil rights workers.
- Civil rights workers--Alabama--Selma--Biography.
- Civil rights workers.
- African Americans--Alabama--Selma--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Selma--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--Selma--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Selma (Ala.)--Biography.
- Selma (Ala.).
- Selma (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-.
- Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod.
- Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932---Homes and haunts--Alabama--Selma.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (177 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the 1965 Selma voting rights campaign, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. set up informal headquarters at the home of Dr. Sullivan Jackson; his wife, Richie Jean; and their young daughter, Jawana. Dr. Jackson was an African American dentist in Selma, whose profession gave him some protection from economic reprisals, and he was one of the movement's prominent local supporters. Richie Jean was a childhood friend of King's wife, Coretta Scott King, who had grown up in the nearby town of Marion, and the King, Abernathy, and Jackson families were all very close. In
- Contents:
- The blueprint of my life and the house
- Up on the hill
- Preparation for a life's journey
- Choosing a mate
- The foundation is laid
- The port in the storm
- Martin Luther King Jr. the man
- Storm clouds roll over Selma
- Hosting a movement
- Dangerous days
- Uncle Martin
- Shelter for the spirit
- Our neighborhood
- Guests in the house
- Other voices in the house
- The sanctuary
- Vital staff
- Perilous times
- Women in the movement
- Other support systems
- Nobel Prize winners in the house
- Soldiers in the storm
- Preparing for the march
- Strategy
- The fires burn
- On our way
- No room in the inn
- Marching orders
- A concert for the masses
- The final journey
- Memories and echoes of Martin
- Appendix 1: Selma and area counties
- Appendix 2: Timeline for the Selma Voting Rights Campaign of 1965
- Appendix 3: Cabbage recipe.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8326-3
- OCLC:
- 772845388
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