Freedom Hammer
Freedom Hammer Reviewed by Todd Moye Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2000 >Chana Kai Lee. For Freedom’s Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999. Fannie Lou Hamer emerged from deep poverty and
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Teaching “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” in South Carolina Schools
Teaching “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” in South Carolina Schools By Diane Raschke Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 p. 16 On June 14-15, SRC consultant and former education programs director Marcia Klenbort conducted an in-depth workshop for teachers from across
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REVIEWS: An Essential Toughness
REVIEWS: An Essential Toughness Reviewed by John Dittmer Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 17-18 Andrew M. Manis, A Fire You Can’t Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1999.
Peace and Power: Earl Theodore Shinhoster (1950-2000)
Peace and Power: Earl Theodore Shinhoster (1950-2000) Staff Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 p. 23 Life-long activist Earl Shinhoster was “one of the brightest stars in the human rights galaxy,” said SCLC President Emeritus Reverend Joseph Lowery at the June
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In Memoriam: Hosea Williams 1926 – 2000
In Memoriam: Hosea Williams 1926 – 2000 By Sarah Torian Vol. 22, No. 4, 2000 p. 35 On November 16, 2000, one week to the day before the thirtieth annual Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving dinner that would serve more than
Marge Baroni: The Awakening of Activism
Marge Baroni: The Awakening of Activism By Susan Stevenot Sullivan Vol. 24, No. 1-2, 2002 pp. 9-12 Marjorie Rushing Baroni (1942-1986) was in many ways an ordinary Southern woman of the last century. A housewife and resident of Natchez, Mississippi,
A Highway Up From Darkness
A Highway Up From Darkness Reviewed by Robert J. Norrell Vol. 25, No. 1-4, 2003 pp. 17-18 J. Mills Thornton III, Dividing Lines: Municipal Politics and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. Tuscaloosa: The University of
Jumping on Racism with Both Feet
Jumping on Racism with Both Feet Reviewed by Ellen G. Spears Vol. 25, No. 1-4, 2003 pp. 19-20 “Racism is such a powerful force in this country, you have to always be jumping on it with both feet just to
…Something Is Bound to Happen
“…Something Is Bound to Happen” Reveiwed by Randall Williams Vol. 25, No. 1-4, 2003 pp. 21-22 Freedom Writer: Virginia Foster Durr Letters from the Civil Rights Years, edited by Patricia Sullivan (New York: Routledge, 2003. There is delight and living