| Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Gaillard, Frye (Author), Williams, Juan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0817355812 ISBN-13: 9780817355814 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Political Science | Civil Rights - Travel | United States - South - General |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2009020073 |
| Series: Alabama, the Forge of History |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 380 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alabama's great civil rights events in a compact and accessible narrative, paired with a practical guide to Alabama's preserved civil rights sites and monuments No other state has embraced and preserved its civil rights history more thoroughly than Alabama. Nor is there a place where that history is richer. Alabama's Civil Rights Trail tells of Alabama's great civil rights events, as well as its lesser-known moments, in a compact and accessible narrative, paired with a practical guide to Alabama's preserved civil rights sites and monuments. In this history of Alabama's civil rights movement, Cradle of Freedom (University of Alabama Press, 2004), Frye Gaillard contends that Alabama played the lead role in a historic movement that made all citizens of the nation, black and white, more free. This book, geared toward the casual traveler and the serious student alike, showcases in a vividly illustrated and compelling manner, valuable and rich details. It provides a user-friendly, graphic tool for the growing number of travelers, students, and civil rights pilgrims who visit the state annually. The story of the civil rights movement in Alabama is told city by city, region by region, and town by town, with entries on Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Tuskegee, and Mobile, as well as chapters on the Black Belt and the Alabama hill country. Smaller but important locales such as Greensboro, Monroeville, and Scottsboro are included, as are more obscure sites like Hale County's Safe House Black History Museum and the birthplace of the Black Panther Party in Lowndes County |
Contributor Bio(s): Gaillard, Frye: - Frye Gaillard is writer-in-residence at the University of South Alabama and the author of several books, including Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement that Changed America, which won the Lillian Smith award for best southern fiction. |