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Drawn from the rich archives of the Birmingham Civil Rights
Institute, this collection brings together twenty-nine oral
histories from people of varying ages and occupations who
participated in civil rights activism at the grassroots level.
These highly personal narratives convey the real sense of fear and
the risk of bodily danger people had to overcome in order to become
the movement's foot soldiers. The stories offer testimony as to how
policing was carried out when there were no cameras, how economic
terrorism was used against activists, how experiences of the
movement differed depending on gender, and how youth participation
was fundamental to the cause. Participants in the struggle ranged
from teachers, students of all ages, and domestic workers to
elderly women and men, war veterans, and a Black Panther leader.
This volume demonstrates the complexity and diversity of the spirit
of resistance at a formative moment in American history.
Labor studies scholars and working-class historians have long
worked at the crossroads of academia and activism. The essays in
this collection examine the challenges and opportunities for
engaged scholarship in the United States and abroad. A diverse
roster of contributors discuss how participation in current labor
and social struggles guides their campus and community organizing,
public history initiatives, teaching, mentoring, and other
activities. They also explore the role of research and scholarship
in social change, while acknowledging that intellectual labor
complements but never replaces collective action and movement
building. Contributors: Kristen Anderson, Daniel E. Atkinson, James
R. Barrett, Susan Roth Breitzer, Susan Chandler, Sam Davies, Dennis
Deslippe, Eric Fure-Slocum, Colin Gordon, Michael Innis-Jimenez,
Stephanie Luce, Joseph A. McCartin, John W. McKerley, Matthew M.
Mettler, Stephen Meyer, David Montgomery, Kim E. Nielsen, Peter
Rachleff, Ralph Scharnau, Jennifer Sherer, Shelton Stromquist,
Emily E. LB. Twarog, and John Williams-Searle.
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