" In The Rest of the Dream, Lyman Johnson, grassroots civil
rights leader, tells his own story. All four of Johnson's
grandparents were slaves in Tennessee. Yet his father was a college
graduate, principal of a black school, and the inspiration for his
son's love of justice. Lyman Johnson was born in 1906 during the
darkest days of segregation. He learned from his father not to sit
in the "crow's nest" reserved for blacks in his hometown movie
theater. This refusal to accept second-class citizenship became a
guiding principle in Johnson's life. Johnson was almost forty-three
when he won admission to graduate study at the University of
Kentucky in 1949. Crosses were burned on campus. Because of his
family commitments, he returned to his teaching position in
Louisville and never completed his doctorate. Thirty years later
the university that fought to keep him out awarded him an honorary
doctor of letters degree. Johnson earned his doctorate the hard way
-- by saying no to the crow's nest and other marks of inequality.
Johnson's graphic recall of people and incidents and his
storyteller's talent for narrative make this record of a unique
American life filled with suspense, humor, tragedy, and
triumph.
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