New Alabama Civil Rights eBook: Tales From The Troubled South

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Tales from the Troubled South: Civil Rights in Alabama
Ebook By Catherine Jaime
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Published: Feb. 17, 2011
Category: Non-Fiction » History » American
Words: 6489 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook Short Description
This book introduces you to the highlights of the Civil Rights Movement across the state of Alabama: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the "Scottsboro Boys", the Selma to Montgomery March, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and many more important events all took place within the borders of Alabama.

Extended Description
This book looks at the highlights of the Civil Rights Movement across the state of Alabama: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, the "Scottsboro Boys", the Selma to Montgomery March, the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and many more important events all took place within the borders of Alabama. The book also introduces you to some of the people who participated in the marches, the boycotts, and more: Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Martin Luther King, Jr, Rosa Parks, and others.

The book is not an encyclopedic look at the topic, but is meant to be an introduction to those in and out of Alabama to some of these important Civil Rights moments.

Whether you live in Alabama, or just want to know a little more about the Civil Rights Movement, this book will be sure to educate you.

Tags
alabama, black history, martin luther king jr, civil rights, shuttlesworth, bombingham

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Friends, Family Pay Tribute to Wayne Greenhaw, Noted Civil Rights Author

Alvin Benn, Montgomery Advertiser writes ...

One of Alabama's most pro­lific writers, Greenhaw com­pleted 22 books and was work­ing on another when he died. Flynt traced Greenhaw's back­ground, from his difficult child­hood in which he suffered from polio and his recuperative peri­od that "drove him into an imaginary world of books."


After a part-time job as a sports reporter for the Tusca­loosa News, Greenhaw found his calling when he hit the journalistic jackpot at the Alabama Journal, where he had a chance to record histo­ry on almost a daily basis.

"History could hardly have placed him in a better locale at a more important time with so astounding a cast of characters," said Flynt, who then rattled off the names of newsmakers such as George Wallace, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Gray and many more. Greenhaw ar­rived in Montgomery at a time when terrorists were bombing homes and church­es, and there were brutal ra­cial murders and compliant city and state officials. Regu­lar Ku Klux Klan and White Citizens Council rallies fre­quently made news, "and he reported it," Flynt said.

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