My Life Map

ThealmostunfathomablecourageandtheundyingfaiththatpropelledtheCivilRightsMovementarebrilliantlycapturedinthesemovingpersonalrecollections.Herearethevoicesofleadersandfollowers,ofordinarypeoplewhobecameextraordinaryinthefaceofturmoilandviolence.FromtheMontgomeryBusBoycottin1956tothedeathofMartinLutherKing,Jr.,in1968,thesearethepeeoplewhofoughttheepicbattle:RosaParks,AndrewYoung,RalphAbernathy,HoseaWilliams,FannieLouHamer,andothers,bothblackandwhite,whoparticipatedinsit-ins,FreedomRides,voterdrives,andcampaignsforschoolanduniversityintegration.Here,too,arevoicesfromthe"Down-HomeResistance"thatsupportedGeorgeWallace,BullConnor,andthe"traditions"oftheOldSouth?voicesthatconjureupthefrighteningterrainonwhichthebattlewasfought.MySoulisRestedisapowerfuldocumentofsocialandpoliticalhistory,aswellasamagnificenttributetothosewhomadehistoryhappen.