Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Douglas Brinkley

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Douglas Brinkley

On 1 December 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, a quiet and dignified 42-year-old black seamstress refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest led to a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system, led by Martin Luther King, which is now considered the beginning of the American civil rights movement. Rosa Parks' personality and character were an important part of the bus boycott's success. Graceful, reserved and a devout churchgoer, she was also a civil rights activist alongside her daytime job as a seamstress, and she believed in the use of righteous force when necessary. In 1957 she and her husband moved north to Detroit, where she continued to work for civil rights, taking part in most of the great marches of the 1960s. She was a great admirer of Martin Luther King, and he of her, and his assassination in 1968 was a bitter blow. After King's death, the movement began to lose its way and Rosa Parks believed that anger and violence were replacing non-violent social protest. This book about the life and times of a remarkable and inspiring woman is also a brilliant re-creation of mid-century American life.

Douglas Brinkley is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of New Orleans. The author of several books, he has been called by Stephen Ambrose the best of the new generation of American historians.'

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9780753812877
ISBN 10	0753812878
Titel	Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
Autor	Douglas Brinkley
Serie	Lives
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Orion Publishing Co
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-11-01
Seitenanzahl	256
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.