Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story—the truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moody lived it. To read her book is to know what it is
ISBN10 : 0307803589 , ISBN13 : 9780307803580
Page Number : 432
Anne Moody provides a first person account of growing up black in the rural South during the nineteen forties and fifties.
ISBN10 : 0385337817 , ISBN13 : 9780385337816
Page Number : 424
"With this history of the civil rights movement focusing on Everyman-turned-hero, the commoner as crusader for justice, Payne challenges the old idea that history is the biography of great men."--Kirk
ISBN10 : 9780520251762 , ISBN13 : 0520251768
Page Number : 525
From the end of postwar Reconstruction in the South to an analysis of the rise and fall of Black Power, acclaimed historian Adam Fairclough presents a straightforward synthesis of the century-long str
ISBN10 : 1440684162 , ISBN13 : 9781440684166
Page Number : 400
Anne Moody is a well-known figure today. She is popularly known for two things: she had taken part as one of the students demanding service at the famous Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in in Jackson,
ISBN10 : 1329036182 , ISBN13 : 9781329036185
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"This Very Short Introduction explores the major transformations in American women's lives, ranging from political activism to popular culture, the workforce, and the family. Beginning in early Americ
ISBN10 : 0199328331 , ISBN13 : 9780199328338
Page Number : 160
When President William McKinley was murdered at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, Americans were bereaved and frightened. Rumor ran rampant: A wild-eyed foreign a
ISBN10 : 9780374707378 , ISBN13 : 0374707375
Page Number : 272
Documents the three years the author spent working with Cesar Chavez, as well as their travels to Sal Si Puedes where Chavez began his organizing, and considers the legacy of Chavez's life and message
ISBN10 : 0520282507 , ISBN13 : 9780520282506
Page Number : 363
Once in a great while, a photograph captures the essence of an era: Three people--one black and two white--demonstrate for equality at a lunch counter while a horde of cigarette-smoking hotshots pour
ISBN10 : 1617037443 , ISBN13 : 9781617037443
Page Number : 340
ISBN10 : 0674042743 , ISBN13 : 9780674042742
Page Number : 306