LEADER 03707nam 2200745 450 001 9910826095503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8738-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000518928 035 $a(EBL)1620029 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001113409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12508172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001113409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11166573 035 $a(PQKB)10087575 035 $a(OCoLC)870663396 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28675 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1620029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10835963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1620029 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000518928 100 $a20131121h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThis bright light of ours $estories from the Voting Rights fight /$fMaria Gitin ; foreword by Lewis V. Baldwin 210 1$aTuscaloosa, Alabama :$cUniversity Alabama Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aThe modern South 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1817-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Friendships 327 $a17. We Shall Remember Them18. We Honor Them; 19. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize; 20. A Change Is Gonna Come; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"This Bright Light of Ours combines a memoir with oral history to create a very vivid portrait of the Freedom Summer of 1965 in Wilcox County, Alabama, when volunteers and long-standing local black leaders were shaking the cultural norms, registering thousands of new voters. This book documents the first-person experience of Maria Gitin, an idealistic 18-year-old college freshman from San Francisco who felt called to action when she viewed televised images of the brutal treatment of peaceful demonstrators during what became known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aModern South. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage$zSouthern States 606 $aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage$zAlabama 606 $aVoter registration$zSouthern States 606 $aVoter registration$zAlabama 606 $aCivil rights workers$zCalifornia$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights movements$zAlabama$xHistory 606 $aCivil rights movements$zSouthern States$xHistory 607 $aSouthern States$xRace relations 607 $aAlabama$xRace relations 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSuffrage 615 0$aVoter registration 615 0$aVoter registration 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory. 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory. 676 $a324.6/208996073075 686 $aHIS036060$aHIS036120$2bisacsh 700 $aGitin$b Maria$01675628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826095503321 996 $aThis bright light of ours$94041271 997 $aUNINA