To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr

To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr
ISBN-10
0820323462
ISBN-13
9780820323466
Category
History
Pages
522
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Author
Adam Fairclough

Description

To Redeem the Soul of America looks beyond the towering figure of Martin Luther King, Jr., to disclose the full workings of the organization that supported him. As Adam Fairclough reveals the dynamics within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference he shows how Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Wyatt Walker, Andrew Young, and others also played a hand in the triumphs of Selma and Birmingham and the frustrations of Albany and Chicago. Joining a charismatic leader with an inspired group of activists, the SCLC built a bridge from the black proletariat to the white liberal elite and then, finally, to the halls of Congress and the White House.

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