| An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America Contributor(s): Young, Andrew (Author), Jones, Quincy (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1602580731 ISBN-13: 9781602580732 Publisher: Baylor University Press OUR PRICE: $39.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: A personal account of Americas civil rights movement by a prominent insider |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007049679 |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.75 lbs) 582 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today. |