| Witness to Change: From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment Contributor(s): Morial, Sybil (Author), Young, Andrew (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0932112838 ISBN-13: 9780932112835 Publisher: Blair OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2015016054 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From her unique vantage point in New Orleans, Sybil Haydel Morial's life spans one of the most critical periods in our country's history. In this remarkable memoir, Morial chronicles her life as both witness to and catalyst for sweeping changes--desegregation, the end of Jim Crow, and the fight for voting rights. These changes transformed the nation during her lifetime. Morial's story is welcome inspiration for the struggle for political empowerment that continues. As Ambassador Andrew Young, a childhood friend and later Sybil's prom date, relates in his foreword: "It is doubtful that New Orleans could have produced two mayors with the dynamic, creative, and visionary leadership of 'Dutch' and Marc Morial without a wife and mother of Sybil's loving strength, intelligence, and moral courage. But the life she lived in the crucible times and her perception of the civil rights movement in New Orleans goes far beyond that." |