A fire you can't put out [[electronic resource] ] : the civil rights life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth / / Andrew M. Manis

• Autore: Manis Andrew Michael
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (578 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8/960730761781
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights movements - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century; African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century; Civil rights workers - Alabama - Birmingham
• Soggetto geografico: Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [507]-523) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Alberta -- Ready -- Bethel -- Agitation -- "Bull"fighting -- Stalemate -- Jailbirds -- Confrontations -- Cataclysm -- "Actionist" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This first biography of Fred Shuttlesworth-winner of both the 2000 Lillian Smith Award and the 2001 James F. Sulzby Jr. Award-details the fascinating life of the controversial preacher who led integration efforts in Birmingham with the courage and fervor of a religious crusader. When Fred Shuttlesworth suffered only a bump on the head in the 1956 bombing of his home, members of his church called it a miracle. Shuttlesworth took it as a sign that God would protect him on the mission that had made him a target that night. Standing in front of his demolished home, Shu
• Titolo autorizzato: A fire you can't put out
• ISBN: 0-8173-1345-1; 0-585-35440-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778833403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)