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A time to speak : the story of a young American lawyer's struggle for his city-- and himself / Charles Morgan Jr. ; with a foreword by Doug Jones.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Morgan, Charles, Jr., author.
Contributor:
Jones, Doug, writer of foreword.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Racism--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.
Racism.
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham.
African Americans.
Morgan, Charles, 1930-2009.
Morgan, Charles.
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations.
Birmingham (Ala.).
Birmingham (Ala.)--Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (205 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
The University of Alabama Press 2022
Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]
Summary:
"With a new foreword by former Alabama senator Doug Jones, the key figure in the successful prosecution of two of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombers in 2001 and 2002, this new edition of A Time to Speak brings back into print a classic account of courage and calamity in the long march towards racial justice in the South, and the nation"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The city of churches
. Peace in the valley
From campus to campaign
Law and the order
Politics: the button-down bloody shirt
The place for an honest man Is jail (part 1)
The place for an honest man Is jail (part 2)
. The freedom bus struck a pedestrian
The Black belt, ballots and them plugged-up holes
The roots of wrath
Blessed the peacemaker
Welcome home, Bob Zellner...
The other schoolhouse door
The bomb-and after.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Morgan, Charles A Time to Speak
ISBN:
0-8173-9408-7
OCLC:
1293242700

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