The Williamston freedom movement : a North Carolina town's struggle for civil rights, 1957/1970 / Amanda Hilliard Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Amanda Hilliard, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--North Carolina--Williamston--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--North Carolina--Williamston--Biography.

African Americans--North Carolina--Williamston--Interviews.

Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Williamston--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Williamston (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Williamston (N.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the summer of 1963 civil rights movements were taking place all over the South. In Northeastern North Carolina the struggle for freedom focused on Williamston, a small agricultural based town. The town's legacy of voting rights advocacy and a history of violence caught the attention of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The Massachusetts Charter of the SCLC sent fifteen white ministers to Williamston in November in an attempt to increase media coverage. Just as the Williamston's movement was beginning to gain traction, John F. Kennedy was a

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Timeline ""; ""Part 1: People and Events ""; ""One. Joe Cross ""; ""Two. Sarah Small ""; ""Three. Golden Frinks ""; ""Four. Sheriff Raymond Rawls ""; ""Five. Jackie Bond ""; ""Six. The Rev. Paul Chapman ""; ""Seven. The Rev. Bill Campbell ""; ""Eight. W.H. Scarborough ""

""Nine. Richard “Gene� Rogers """"Ten. Coach Herman Boone ""; ""Part 2: Oral Histories ""; ""Clarence Biggs ""; ""Styron Bond, Jr. ""; ""Coach Herman Boone ""; ""The Rev. Henry Byrd ""; ""The Rev. Paul Chapman ""; ""George Corey ""; ""Lois Harris Greene ""; ""Ralph Hargett ""; ""Alton Hopewell""; ""Frances King""

""William Earl Newsome """"Alma and Bob Purvis ""; ""Marie Robertson ""; ""Richard Eugene Rogers ""; ""Ida Small Speller ""; ""Ruth Mobley Spruill and Ollie Mobley Marshal""; ""Joseph Thigpen ""; ""Brenda Whelchel ""; ""Willis Williams ""; ""Chapter Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1433-4

OCLC:

881887962