04018nam 22007933u 450 991045505730332120210803190643.00-585-38283-2(CKB)111004368626408(EBL)1771109(SSID)ssj0000159024(PQKBManifestationID)11180437(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159024(PQKBWorkID)10150508(PQKB)10665109(MiAaPQ)EBC1771109(EXLCZ)9911100436862640820140901d1753|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights[electronic resource] The Memoir of a White Civil Rights ActivistTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press17531 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1026-6 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?; IndexThis 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 those who later helped raise her children. As a young woman, she followed the conventional path expected of her, becoming the dutiful wife of a conservative husband, going to thAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th centuryAtlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryAtlanta (Ga.) -- Race relationsCivil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- BiographyParsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912-Women civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- BiographyWomen, White -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- BiographyWomen civil rights workersHistoryCivil rights20th centuryAtlantaGeorgiaBiographyCivil rights workersAtlantaGeorgiaBiographyWomen, WhiteGeorgiaAtlantaBiographyAfrican AmericansGeorgiaRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCUnited States Local HistoryHILCCElectronic books.African Americans -- Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century.Atlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.Atlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations.Civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.Parsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912-.Women civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.Women, White -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.Women civil rights workersHistoryCivil rightsCivil rights workersWomen, WhiteAfrican AmericansRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & ArchaeologyUnited States Local History323323/.092Parsons Sara Mitchell1912-2001.879904AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910455057303321From Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights1964924UNINA