Carry Me Home - Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution (Paperback, Reissue ed.)

Now with a new afterword, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatic account of the civil rights era's climactic battle in Birmingham as the movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institutions of segregation.

"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America's long civil rights struggle. Child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches against segregation. Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, daughter of a prominent Birmingham family, weaves together police and FBI records, archival documents, interviews with black activists and Klansmen, and personal memories into an extraordinary narrative of the personalities and events that brought about America's second emancipation.
In a new afterword--reporting last encounters with hero Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and describing the current drastic anti-immigration laws in Alabama--the author demonstrates that Alabama remains a civil rights crucible.

General

Imprint:	Simon & Schuster
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Diane McWhorter
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	752
Edition:	Reissue ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4767-0951-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	1-4767-0951-3
Barcode:	9781476709512

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