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The wrong side of Murder Creek : a White southerner in the freedom movement / Bob Zellner with Constance Curry ; foreword by Julian Bond.

Zellner, Bob.; Curry, Constance, 1933-
2008
323.092 Z51w 2008
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Title
The wrong side of Murder Creek : a White southerner in the freedom movement / Bob Zellner with Constance Curry ; foreword by Julian Bond.
Author
Zellner, Bob.
ISBN
9781588382221
1588382222
Imprint
Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, ©2008.
Language
English
Description
351 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
323.092 Z51w 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)226361901
(OCoLC)226361901
Summary
Former field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Bob Zellner reflects on his life, focusing on his years as a civil rights activist from 1960 to 1967, and the many obstacles he faced and people he met while fighting for equality.
Note
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
Growing up in L.A. (lower Alabama)
Biscuit man
Race relations 402
The Huntingdon five
Under the influence
Freedom riders in Montgomery
The highs of highlander
My September 11th farewell
Briefcase and broom
Murder and mayhem in McComb
Working on the chain gang
Criminal anarchy in Baton Rouge
Organizing in Talladega
George Wallace and me
John Brown: live like him
"This is not a social call"
How gladly they stood
Seeing stars
Seed pod explosion
Train wreck
Goodbye and GROW
Fundi: passing it on
Up South.
Awards
Lillian Smith Book Award, 2009
Added Author
Curry, Constance, 1933-
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