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UNINA9910778830603321 |
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Parsons Sara Mitchell <1912-2001.> |
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Titolo |
From Southern wrongs to civil rights : the memoir of a white civil rights activist / / Sara Mitchell Parsons |
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Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2000 |
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©2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxv, 184 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Women civil rights workers - History - Civil rights - 20th century - Atlanta - Georgia |
Civil rights workers - Atlanta - Georgia |
Women, White - Georgia - Atlanta |
African Americans - Georgia |
Atlanta (Ga.) Biography |
Atlanta (Ga.) Race relations |
Atlanta (Ga.) Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword by David J. Garrow; Introduction; 1. Growing Up Southern; 2. From Buckhead to Brotherhood; 3. Running Scared for Public Office; 4. Crisis in the Bible Belt; 5. ""Men Don''t Like Women on Boards""; 6. Sunday Morning at Ebenezer; 7. Not the Best of Times; 8. From Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights; 9. The Second Time Around; 10. Long Journey to a New Life; 11. The Dove Flies On; 12. What Has Happened to the Dream?; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This first-hand account tells the story of turbulent civil rights era Atlanta through the eyes of a white upper-class woman who became an outspoken advocate for integration and racial equality. As a privileged white woman who grew up in segregated Atlanta, Sara Mitchell Parsons was an unlikely candidate to become a civil rights agitator. After all, her only contacts with blacks were with those who helped raise her and |
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