A fire you can't put out : the civil rights life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth / Andrew M. Manis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manis, Andrew Michael.

Series:

Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Religion and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011.

Shuttlesworth, Fred L.

Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations.

Birmingham (Ala.).

Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham--Biography.

Clergy.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Race relations.

Alabama--Birmingham.

Genre:

Biography.

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 541 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1999.

Summary:

From his 1956 founding of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights through the historic demonstrations of 1963, driven by a sense of divine mission, Shuttlesworth pressured Jim Crow restrictions in Birmingham with radically confrontational acts of courage. His intensive campaign pitted him against the staunchly segregationist police commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor and ultimately brought him to the side of Martin Luther King, Jr., and to the inner chambers of the Kennedy White House.

Contents:

Chronology

Introduction

Alberta

Ready

Bethel

Agitation

"Bull"fighting

Stalemate

Jailbirds

Confrontations

Cataclysm

"Actionist"

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lillian Smith Book Award, 2000

Local Notes:

The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Manis, Andrew Michael. Fire you can't put out.

ISBN:

0817309683

9780817309688

0817311564

9780817311568

OCLC:

40644764