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Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press (Bibliovault), [2015]

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Prologue; Part One. Daybreak; 1. We Are Not Wrong; 2. The Resistance; 3. The Courts and the Klan; 4. The Price of Victory; Part Two. The Belly of the Beast; 5. A Ten Dollar Fine; 6. The Burning of the Bus; 7. The Message; 8. "The Line in the Dust"; Part Three. The Shadow of Death; 9. A History of Hate; 10. Bull Connor's Mistake; 11. "Keep on Pushing"; 12. The Schoolhouse Door; 13. "I Have a Dream"; 14. The Patent Leather Shoe; 15. Eyes on the Prize; Part Four. Revolution; 16. The Battle Plan; 17. Bloody Sunday; 18. "The Arc Is Long"; Part Five. Black Power

19. The Martyrs and the Law20. The Black Panthers; 21. "A Messy Business"; 22. The Sheriff without a Gun; 23. Unfinished Business; Epilogue; Notes and Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index

Cradle of Freedom puts a human face on the story of the black American struggle for equality in Alabama during the 1960s. While exceptional leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis, and others rose up from the ranks and carved their places in history, the burden of the movement was not carried by them alone. It was fueled by the commitment and hard work of thousands of everyday people who decided that the time had come to take a stand. Cradle of Freedom is tied to the chronology of pivotal events occurring in Alabama the Montgomery b.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.

Alabama -- Race relations.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights

African Americans -- Civil rights.

Civil rights movements.

Race relations.

Alabama.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.

Alabama -- Race relations.

Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.

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History.

Electronic books.

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Print version: Gaillard, Frye Cradle of Freedom : Alabama and the Movement That Changed America Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,c1753 9780817313883

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9780817387082 (electronic bk.)

0817387080 (electronic bk.)