| He's Coming to Start Riots: On the Road to Black Power With 'The Reverend' Willie Ricks Contributor(s): Yerkey, Gary G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530507561 ISBN-13: 9781530507566 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016904377 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6" W x 9" (0.52 lbs) 154 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called Willie Ricks a "fiery" advocate of Black Power during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He was everywhere. Stirring up crowds. Stirring up trouble. A close associate of Stokely Carmichael, Ricks was one of the movement's most militant, fearless, charismatic and effective organizers: the brains and brawn behind countless sit-ins, marches, demonstrations and boycotts throughout the South. He has described his life as a series of "beatings, bombings, shootings, fights and assassinations." This is his story - and the story of others like him who played a critical role in advancing the notion of Black Power and, in the process, touching off a firestorm of fear-mongering in white America and a revolution in the way that African Americans perceived themselves and their struggle. |