Birmingham Foot Soldiers: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement

by Nick Patterson

Book Overview

Reverends Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young and Fred Shuttlesworth are iconic names associated with the Birmingham campaign of the civil rights movement. Credit also is due to many local residents who risked their lives for the cause. Myrna Carter Jackson holds no shame in the police record she garnered in protest of the harsh treatment of African Americans in the city. Carolyn Walker Williams, who knew the injustice blacks faced in East Birmingham...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626192200
• ISBN13: 9781626192201
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"