This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight

by Maria Gitin

Book Overview

This Bright Light of Ours offers a tightly focused insider's view of the community-based activism that was the heart of the civil rights movement. A celebration of grassroots heroes, this book details through first-person accounts the contributions of ordinary people who formed the nonviolent army that won the fight for voting rights. Combining memoir and oral history, Maria Gitin fills a vital gap in civil rights history by focusing on the neglected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817318178
• ISBN13: 9780817318178
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"