Children of the Movement Paperback - 2007

Profiling 24 of the adult children of the most recognizable figures in the civil rights movement, this book collects the intimate, moving stories of families who were pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle or brought together by their efforts to change America. The whole range of players is covered, from the children of leading figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and martyrs like James Earl Chaney to segregationists like George Wallace and Black Panther leaders like Elaine Brown. The essays reveal that some children are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw destroyed by the struggle, while others are still trying to change the world. Included are such inspiring stories as the daughter of a notoriously racist Southern governor who finds her calling as a teacher in an all-black inner-city school and the daughter of a famous martyr who unexpectedly meets her mother’s killer. From the first activists killed by racist Southerners to the current global justice protestors carrying on the work of their parents, these profiles offer a look behind the public face of the triumphant civil rights movement and show the individual lives it changed in surprising ways.

Details

• Title Children of the Movement
• Author John Blake
• Binding Paperback
• Edition 1st Edition
• Pages 260
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Lawrence Hill Books, India
• Date June 1, 2007
• Illustrated Yes
• ISBN 9781556526787 / 1556526784
• Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
• Dimensions 8.98 x 6.04 x 0.61 in (22.81 x 15.34 x 1.55 cm)
• Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - History -, United States - Race relations
• Dewey Decimal Code 323.092