To Redeem the Soul of America,9780820323466

To Redeem the Soul of America

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ISBN13: 9780820323466
ISBN10: 0820323462
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-09-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Georgia Pr
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Summary

To Redeem the Soul of Americalooks beyond the towering figure of Martin Luther King, Jr., to disclose the full workings of the organization that supported him. As Adam Fairclough reveals the dynamics within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference he shows how Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Wyatt Walker, Andrew Young, and others also played a hand in the triumphs of Selma and Birmingham and the frustrations of Albany and Chicago. Joining a charismatic leader with an inspired group of activists, the SCLC built a bridge from the black proletariat to the white liberal elite and then, finally, to the halls of Congress and the White House.

Author Biography

Adam Fairclough is the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair of History and Culture of the United States at Leiden University. His books include Martin Luther King, Jr., To Redeem the Soul of America, Teaching Equality, Race and Democracy, and The Star Creek Papers (all available from Georgia).

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations
ix
Introduction 1(10)
The Preachers and the People: The Origins of SCLC
11(26)
The Fallow Years: 1957--1959
37(20)
Sit-ins and Freedom Rides
57(28)
First Battle: The Albany Campaign
85(26)
Breakthrough at Birmingham
111(30)
Summer of Discontent, Autumn of Tragedy
141(22)
Desegregation: Keeping Up the Pressure
163(30)
All the Way with LBJ
193(32)
Selma
225(28)
The Crisis of Victory
253(26)
Defeat in Chicago
279(30)
``Black Power!''
309(24)
The Politics of Peace
333(24)
Mobilizing the Poor
357(28)
The Abernathy Years
385(22)
Afterword 407(16)
Notes 423(74)
Chronology 497(14)
Index 511

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