The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement - Paperback

$25.95

The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement - Paperback

Name: The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement - Paperback
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SKU: 9781588383945
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by Bob Zellner

$25.95

Book Overview

Winner of the 2009 Lillian Smith Book Award

Even forty years after the civil rights movement, the transition from son and grandson of Klansmen to field secretary of SNCC seems quite a journey. In the early 1960s, when Bob Zellner's professors and classmates at a small church school in Alabama thought he was crazy for even wanting to do research on civil rights, it was nothing short of remarkable. Now, in his long-awaited memoir, Zellner tells how one white Alabamian joined ranks with the black students who were sitting-in, marching, fighting, and sometimes dying to challenge the Southern "way of life" he had been raised on but rejected. Decades later, he is still protesting on behalf of social change and equal rights. Fortunately, he took the time, with co-author Constance Curry, to write down his memories and reflections. He was in all the campaigns and was close to all the major figures. He was beaten, arrested, and reviled by some but admired and revered by others. The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, winner of the 2009 Lillian Smith Book Award, is Bob Zellner's larger-than-life story, and it was worth waiting for.

ISBN	9781588383945
Author	Bob Zellner
Publisher	NewSouth Books
Genre	Biography and History
Format	Paperback
Published	January 2019
Language	ENG- English
Pages	352
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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