On the Road to Freedom A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail

Name: On the Road to Freedom A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail
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ISBN: 9781565124394

ISBN-10: 1565124391

ISBN-13: 9781565124394

Edition: 2008

Authors: Charles E. Cobb Jr., Charles E. Cobb Jr.

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This in-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched, sat-in at lunch counters, gathered in churches; where they spoke, taught, and organized; where they were arrested, where they lost their lives, and where they triumphed. Award-winning journalist Charles E. Cobb Jr., a former organizer and field secretary for SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), knows the journey intimately. He guides us through Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, back to the real grassroots of the movement. He pays tribute not only to the men and women etched into our…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication date: 1/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 388
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Charles E. Cobb, Jr., is a SNCC veteran and author ofOn the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Author's Note



My Country 'Tis of Thee: Washington, D.C.



Up South: Annapolis, Cambridge, and Baltimore, Maryland



Don't Carry Me Back: Arlington and Alexandria, Richmond, Hampton, Farmville, and Danville, Virginia



More Than a Hamburger: Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham, North Carolina



I'll Overcome: Charleston, Columbia, Rock Hill, Orangeburg, and Clarendon County, South Carolina



... On My Mind: Atlanta, Albany, and Savannah, Georgia



Look Backward, Move Forward: Montgomery, Selma, Lowndes County, Perry County, and Birmingham, Alabama



Don't Know How We Were So Brave: Jackson, Philadelphia, McComb, Greenwood, and Ruleville, Mississippi



Full Circle: Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis, Tennessee


Epilogue


Notes


Permissions and Credits


Index