| Sacred Places: A Guide to the Civil Rights Sites in Atlanta, Georgia Contributor(s): Lefever, Harry G. (Author), Page, Michael C. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0881461210 ISBN-13: 9780881461213 Publisher: Mercer University Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - South - South Atlantic (dc, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, Sc, Va, Wv) - Travel | Special Interest - General - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2008042335 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Black History - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Locality - Atlanta, Georgia - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This guide is organized around four walking and driving tours of the important civil rights sites in Atlanta from the 1940s to the present. It also contains historic and current photographs of most of the sites and provides information about how to reach the sites by car or public transportation. Furthermore, the book provides a brief history of the civil rights movement in Atlanta in the 1950s and 1960s, a chronology of the important civil rights events in Atlanta from 1957 to 1968, and a bibliography of books and articles published about civil rights events in Atlanta during the 1950s and 1960s. |