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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

内容简介

Nowwithanewafterword,thePulitzerPrize-winningdramaticaccountofthecivilrightsera'sclimacticbattleinBirminghamasthemovement,ledbyMartinLutherKing,Jr,broughtdowntheinstitutionsofsegregation"TheYearofBirmingham,"1963,wasacataclysmicturningpointinAmerica'slongcivilrightsstruggleChilddemonstratorsfaceddownpolicedogsandfirehosesinhugenonviolentmarchesagainstsegregationKuKluxKlansmenretaliatedbybombingtheSixteenthStreetBaptistChurch,killingfouryoungblackgirlsDianeMcWhorter,daughterofaprominentBirminghamfamily,weavestogetherpoliceandFBIrecords,archivaldocuments,interviewswithblackactivistsandKlansmen,andpersonalmemoriesintoanextraordinarynarrativeofthepersonalitiesandeventsthatbroughtaboutAmerica'ssecondemancipationInanewafterword--reportinglastencounterswithheroReverendFredShuttlesworthanddescribingthecurrentdrasticanti-immigrationlawsinAlabama--theauthordemonstratesthatAlabamaremainsacivilrightscrucible

作者简介

DianeMcWhorterisalong-timecontributortoTheNewYorkTimesandtheop-edpageofUSATODAY,amongothernationalpublications.HeryoungadulthistoryofthecivilrightsmovementisADreamofFreedom.SheisoriginallyfromBirmingham,Alabama,andnowlivesinNewYorkCity.,

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