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The wrong side of Murder Creek : a White southerner in the freedom movement / Bob Zellner with Constance Curry ; foreword by Julian Bond.

Zellner, Bob. (Author). Curry, Constance, 1933-2020 (Added Author).

Summary:

The author describes his experiences as a civil rights activist in the South from 1960 to 1967.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781588382221
  • ISBN: 1588382222
  • ISBN: 9781588383945
  • Physical Description: 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Growing up in L.A. (lower Alabama) -- Biscuit man -- Race relations 402 -- The Huntingdon five -- Under the influence -- Freedom riders in Montgomery -- The highs of highlander -- My September 11th farewell -- Briefcase and broom -- Murder and mayhem in McComb -- Working on the chain gang -- Criminal anarchy in Baton Rouge -- Organizing in Talladega -- George Wallace and me -- John Brown: live like him -- "This is not a social call" -- How gladly they stood -- Seeing stars -- Seed pod explosion -- Train wreck -- Goodbye and GROW -- Fundi: passing it on -- Up South.
Subject: Zellner, Bob.
Civil rights workers > Southern States > Biography.
White people > Alabama > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

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