02753nam 2200589Ia 450 991081523570332120230725024638.00-8173-8266-6(CKB)2670000000037605(EBL)565736(OCoLC)664233645(SSID)ssj0000457980(PQKBManifestationID)11298360(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457980(PQKBWorkID)10420012(PQKB)11088683(MiAaPQ)EBC565736(MdBmJHUP)muse9256(Au-PeEL)EBL565736(CaPaEBR)ebr10408247(EXLCZ)99267000000003760520091124d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpeak truth to power[electronic resource] the story of Charles Patrick, a civil rights pioneer /Mignette Y. Patrick DorseyTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20101 online resource (149 p.)Fire ant booksDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5556-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.A nigger defined -- The beating goes on -- The accused is the accuser -- Press attack on the devil's department -- Citizen soldiers aim and write -- The wheel stops turning -- Attorney tango: a lively shuffle -- Battle of the board -- Much ado 'bout civil rights -- Truth to power--a movement missed. On December 11, 1954, Charles Patrick drove to downtown Birmingham to buy a Boy Scout uniform for his son. Christmas traffic around the downtown department stores was heavy, and Patrick circled unsuccessfully until at last a streetside spot opened up and he began to pull in. As he did so, he was cut off by a woman who ordered him out of the way, as she was the wife of a city police officer. Patrick pulled away, remarking, "Ma'am, he doesn't own the streets of Birmingham." Normal low-level urban hassle? Not in 1954 Birmingham, when the woman was white and PaFire ant books.African AmericansCivil rightsAlabamaBirminghamHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansAlabamaBirminghamBiographyBirmingham (Ala.)Race relationsBirmingham (Ala.)BiographyAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryAfrican Americans323.1196/0730761781Dorsey Mignette Y. Patrick1717561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815235703321Speak truth to power4113911UNINA