03651nam 2200817 a 450 991045733070332120200520144314.01-306-03749-21-56976-592-8(CKB)2550000000006521(EBL)480313(OCoLC)654759088(SSID)ssj0000335735(PQKBManifestationID)11230194(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335735(PQKBWorkID)10276971(PQKB)11490869(SSID)ssj0000633238(PQKBManifestationID)12293862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633238(PQKBWorkID)10616467(PQKB)22826750(MiAaPQ)EBC480313(Au-PeEL)EBL480313(CaPaEBR)ebr10366894(CaONFJC)MIL535000(EXLCZ)99255000000000652120031229d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChildren of the movement[electronic resource] the sons and daughters of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, James Chaney, Elaine Brown, and others reveal how the civil rights movement tested and transformed their families /John Blake1st ed.Chicago Lawrence Hill Booksc20041 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-55652-678-4 1-55652-537-0 Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Casualties of War; 2 The Next Generation ; 3 Children of the Icons; 4 Children of the Segregationist Leaders ; 5 Children of Black Power ; 6 Children of the Martyrs ; 7 The New Radicals: From Selma to Seattle ; Index; Back CoverProfiling 24 of the adult children of the most recognizable figures in the civil rights movement, this book collects the intimate, moving stories of families who were pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle or brought together by their efforts to change America. The whole range of players is covered, from the children of leading figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and martyrs like James Earl Chaney to segregationists like George Wallace and Black Panther leaders like Elaine Brown. The essays reveal that some children are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw desAfrican American civil rights workersBiographyCivil rights workersUnited StatesBiographySonsUnited StatesBiographyDaughtersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican American familiesFamiliesUnited StatesAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesRace relationsSouthern StatesRace relationsElectronic books.African American civil rights workersCivil rights workersSonsDaughtersAfrican American families.FamiliesAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistory323/.092/396073BBlake John111872MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457330703321Children of the movement2140015UNINA