To Redeem the Soul of America looks beyond the towering figure of Martin Luther King, Jr., to disclose the full workings of the organization that supproted him. As Adam Fairclough reveals the dynamics within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference he shows how Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Wyatt Walker, Andrew Young, and others also played a hand in the triumphs of Selma and Birmingham and the frustrations of Albany and Chicago. Joining a charismatic leader with an inspired group of activists, the SCLC built a bridge from the black proletariat to the white liberal elite and then, finally, to the halls of Congress and the White House.
| ISBN: | 9780820323466 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2001 |
| Author: | Adam Fairclough |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 516 pages |
| Genres: |
Christianity Civics and citizenship Ethnic studies History of the Americas History and Archaeology |