how civil rights activists took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama /
First Statement of Responsibility
Wayne Greenhaw.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chicago, Ill. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Lawrence Hill Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xix, 316 p., [16] p. of plates :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Willie's first day -- The legacy of Willie Edwards -- Klan on trial -- Hound-dog determined -- "Fight everything segregated" -- The making of a segregationist -- The pair from Howard -- "Segregation forever!" -- Education of a liberal -- Country-boy lawyer -- The Alabama story -- Requiem for Jimmie Lee Jackson -- Don Quixote of the South -- The Southern Courier -- The rise of John Hulett -- Southern Poverty Law Center -- The people's attorney general -- Breaking the Klan -- "Forgive me, for I have sinned' -- "Like a mighty stream."
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Wayne Greenhaw recounts his life and experiences as a journalist covering the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, describing his interviews with Klan members, detectives, victims, civil rights leaders, and politicians, and discussing the history of Governor George C. Wallace.