An edition of This bright light of ours
(2014)
This bright light of ours
stories from the 1965 voting rights fight
by Maria Gitin
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"This Bright Light of Ours combines a memoir with oral history to create a very vivid portrait of the Freedom Summer of 1965 in Wilcox County, Alabama, when volunteers and long-standing local black leaders were shaking the cultural norms, registering thousands of new voters. This book documents the first-person experience of Maria Gitin, an idealistic 18-year-old college freshman from San Francisco who felt called to action when she viewed televised images of the brutal treatment of peaceful demonstrators during what became known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama"--
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Race relations, Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), Voter registration, Suffrage, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, African Americans, Biography, History, Voting, African americans, suffrage, Racism, United states, social conditions, History ., HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)People
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This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
2023, University of Alabama Press
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0817361170 9780817361174
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This Bright Light of Ours: Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
2014, University of Alabama Press
in English
0817387382 9780817387389
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This bright light of ours: stories from the 1965 voting rights fight
2014
in English
0817318178 9780817318178
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Table of Contents
My Freedom Summer, 1965. The Call to Action
The Journey Begins
The Wilcox County Voting Rights Fight
Welcome to Wilcox County
They Were Ready for Us
Selma and SNCC
Out in the Field
Things Heat Up
The Terror Continues
A Brief Reprieve
Back in the Field
The Beginning of Doubts
This May Be the Last Time
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Stories of the Freedom Fighters. The Intervening Years
Joyful Reunions
Tragic Losses, New Friendships
We Shall Remember Them
We Honor Them
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
A Change Is Gonna Come.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
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