The University of Alabama Press has released "Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom" by Frye Gaillard, a companion book to Gaillard's award-winning tome that won the Lillian Smith award for best Southern nonfiction. This new release acts as a guide to the state's numerous Civil Rights sites and monuments, from the slave auctions to George Wallace's stand against segregation on the steps of the University of Alabama.
"Our biggest story in Alabama is the Civil Right movement," explained Dan Waterman, University of Alabama Press editor-in-chief. "We noticed that people come to Alabama from all over the world because it's the story of freedom and how to achieve it. If there is one place in the world that demonstrates that (the fight for democracy), it's Alabama."
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