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Title:Children of the Movement : The Sons & Daughters of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, James Chaney, Elaine Brown, & Others Reveal How the Civil Rights Movement Tested & Transformed Thei
Author:John Blake
ISBN:1556525370 : 9781556525377
Illustrations:b/w photos
Format:Hardback
Size:155x230mm
Pages:260
Weight: .54 Kg.
Published:IPG (Lawrence Hill Books) - June 2004
List Price: 16.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Black studies: Civil rights & citizenship: USA


Profiling 24 of the adult children of the most recognisable figures in the civil rights movement, this book collects the intimate, moving stories of families who were pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle or brought together by their efforts to change America. The whole range of players is covered, from the children of leading figures like Martin Luther King Jr and martyrs like James Earl Chaney to segregationists like George Wallace and Black Panther leaders like Elaine Brown. The essays reveal that some children are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw destroyed by the struggle, while others are still trying to change the world. Included are such inspiring stories as the daughter of a notoriously racist Southern governor who finds her calling as a teacher in an all-black inner-city school and the daughter of a famous martyr who unexpectedly meets her mother's killer. From the first activists killed by racist Southerners to the current global justice protestors carrying on the work of their parents, these profiles offer a look behind the public face of the triumphant civil rights movement and show the individual lives it changed in surprising ways.

"A revealing look at how the movement affected the personal lives of activists and the legacy inherited by their children." -- Booklist. "A highly original, insightful and sometimes emotionally riveting book." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution. "A fresh approach to chronicling the historic struggle...powerful." -- The Atlanta Tribune