03707nam 2200745 450 991082609550332120200520144314.00-8173-8738-2(CKB)2670000000518928(EBL)1620029(SSID)ssj0001113409(PQKBManifestationID)12508172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113409(PQKBWorkID)11166573(PQKB)10087575(OCoLC)870663396(MdBmJHUP)muse28675(Au-PeEL)EBL1620029(CaPaEBR)ebr10835963(MiAaPQ)EBC1620029(EXLCZ)99267000000051892820131121h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThis bright light of ours stories from the Voting Rights fight /Maria Gitin ; foreword by Lewis V. BaldwinTuscaloosa, Alabama :University Alabama Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (328 p.)The modern SouthDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1817-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. My Freedom Summer 1965; 1. The Call to Action; 2. The Journey Begins; 3. The Wilcox County Voting Rights Fight; 4. Welcome to Wilcox County; 5. They Were Ready for Us; 6. Selma and SNCC; 7. Out in the Field; 8. Things Heat Up; 9. The Terror Continues; 10. A Brief Reprieve; 11. Back in the Field; 12. The Beginning of Doubts; 13. This May Be the Last Time; II. Looking Back, Moving Forward: Stories of the Freedom Fighters; 14. The Intervening Years; 15. Joyful Reunions; 16. Tragic Losses, New Friendships17. We Shall Remember Them18. We Honor Them; 19. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize; 20. A Change Is Gonna Come; Notes; Bibliography; Index"This Bright Light of Ours combines a memoir with oral history to create a very vivid portrait of the Freedom Summer of 1965 in Wilcox County, Alabama, when volunteers and long-standing local black leaders were shaking the cultural norms, registering thousands of new voters. This book documents the first-person experience of Maria Gitin, an idealistic 18-year-old college freshman from San Francisco who felt called to action when she viewed televised images of the brutal treatment of peaceful demonstrators during what became known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama"--Provided by publisher.Modern South.African AmericansSuffrageSouthern StatesAfrican AmericansSuffrageAlabamaVoter registrationSouthern StatesVoter registrationAlabamaCivil rights workersCaliforniaBiographyCivil rights movementsAlabamaHistoryCivil rights movementsSouthern StatesHistorySouthern StatesRace relationsAlabamaRace relationsAfrican AmericansSuffrageAfrican AmericansSuffrageVoter registrationVoter registrationCivil rights workersCivil rights movementsHistory.Civil rights movementsHistory.324.6/208996073075HIS036060HIS036120bisacshGitin Maria1675628MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826095503321This bright light of ours4041271UNINA