In peace and freedom : my journey in Selma
Title
:
In peace and freedom : my journey in Selma
Author
:
LaFayette, Bernard, Jr., author.
ISBN
:
9780813143866
Physical Description
:
xiv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Contents
:
Prologue: The Road into Selma, Fall 1962 -- Preparing for Selma -- Shackles of Fear, Handcuffs of Hopelessness -- Preparing to Register to Vote -- Central Alabama Heats Up -- Mountains and Valleys -- The March from Selma to Montgomery -- Reflections on the Alabama Voter Registration Campaign -- Epilogue: The road out of Selma, March 1965 -- Appendixes -- A: Example of a Literacy Test for Registering to Vote -- B: Excerpt from President Lyndon B. Johnson's Special Message to the Congress: "The American Promise" -- C: Dr. King's Six Principles of Nonviolence Related to Selma -- D: Life Dates of Some Persons Referenced in the Book.
Personal Subject
:
LaFayette, Bernard, Jr
Conference Subject
:
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
Subject Term
:
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Suffrage -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
Geographic Term
:
Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
Added Author
:
Johnson, Kathryn Lee, 1951-
Library | Call Number | Status |
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R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 323.092 LAF | Nonfiction Collection |