Righteous Lives: Narratives of the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement

by Kim Rogers

Book Overview

An emotionally evocative, richly textured history based on autobiographical accounts of those who lived and shaped the struggle. The importance of many of Rogers' subjects and the uniqueness of New Orleans make this must reading for anyone interested in the history of the movement. But those interested in oral history and African-American autobiography will find riches aplenty as well. A welcome addition to a number of literatures
--Doug...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814774563
• ISBN13: 9780814774564
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.2"