This in-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched; sat-in at lunch counters; gathered in churches; where they spoke; taught; and organized; where they were arrested; where they lost their lives; and where they triumphed. Award-winning journalist Charles E. Cobb Jr.; a former organizer and field secretary for SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee); knows the journey intimately. He guides us through Washington; D.C.; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia; Alabama; Mississippi; and Tennessee; back to the real grassroots of the movement. He pays tribute not only to the men and women etched into our national memory but to local people whose seemingly small contributions made an impact. We go inside the organizations that framed the movement; travel on the "Freedom Rides" of 1961; and hear first-person accounts about the events that inspired Brown vs. Board of Education. An essential piece of American history; this is also a useful travel guide with maps; photographs; and sidebars of background history; newspaper coverage; and firsthand interviews.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Urban Planning essentialBy MikeI have used this book for two classes at Temple U. and have found McHarg to be very insightful with regards to mans relationship with his environment and is the basis for sustainability as it stands today. Part philosophy; part ecology; part landscape architecture and aesthetics; McHargs writings are more relevant today than ever before. Steiner provides informative prologues to each chapter that set up McHargs somtimes repetitive and murky writings.