LEADER 04018nam 22007933u 450 001 9910455057303321 005 20210803190643.0 010 $a0-585-38283-2 035 $a(CKB)111004368626408 035 $a(EBL)1771109 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000159024 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180437 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159024 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150508 035 $a(PQKB)10665109 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1771109 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368626408 100 $a20140901d1753|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights$b[electronic resource] $eThe Memoir of a White Civil Rights Activist 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d1753 215 $a1 online resource (213 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1026-6 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis 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 th 606 $aAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century 606 $aAtlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century 606 $aAtlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations 606 $aCivil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography 606 $aParsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912- 606 $aWomen civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography 606 $aWomen, White -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography 606 $aWomen civil rights workers$xHistory$xCivil rights$y20th century$zAtlanta$zGeorgia$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zAtlanta$zGeorgia$vBiography 606 $aWomen, White$zGeorgia$zAtlanta$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$zGeorgia 606 $aRegions & Countries - Americas$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aUnited States Local History$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century. 615 4$aAtlanta (Ga.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. 615 4$aAtlanta (Ga.) -- Race relations. 615 4$aCivil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography. 615 4$aParsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912-. 615 4$aWomen civil rights workers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography. 615 4$aWomen, White -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography. 615 0$aWomen civil rights workers$xHistory$xCivil rights 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aWomen, White 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Americas 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aUnited States Local History 676 $a323 676 $a323/.092 700 $aParsons$b Sara Mitchell$f1912-2001.$0879904 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455057303321 996 $aFrom Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights$91964924 997 $aUNINA