American Revolution

by James Boggs

Book Overview

James Boggs, born in Marion Junction, Alabama in 1919, never dreamed of becoming President or a locomotive engineer. He grew up in a world where the white folks are gentlemen by day and Ku Klux Klanners at night. Marion Junction is in Dallas County where as late as 1963, although African-Americans made up over 57 percent of the total county population of 57,000, only 130 were registered voters. After graduating from Dunbar High School in Bessemer,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853450153
• ISBN13: 9780853450153
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"