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- Alabama's Civil Rights Trail: An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
summary
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
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
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Alabama’s Civil Rights Timeline
- pp. 10-15
- Abbreviations
- pp. 16-17
- Introduction
- pp. 24-29
- 1. THE MONTGOMERY STORY
- pp. 30-77
- 2. BIRMINGHAM AND THEAMERICAN CONSCIENCE
- pp. 78-115
- 3. SELMA AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE
- pp. 116-151
- 4. REVOLUTION IN THEBLACK BELT
- pp. 152-199
- 5. TUSCALOOSA AND THESCHOOLHOUSE DOOR
- pp. 200-225
- 6. THE TUSKEGEE STORY
- pp. 226-257
- 7. THE BURNING BUS AND THEALABAMA HILLS
- pp. 258-285
- 9. OTHER PLACES OF INTEREST
- pp. 322-351
- Acknowledgments and Sources
- pp. 352-359
- Suggested Reading
- pp. 360-361
- About the Authors
- p. 380
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817389512
Related ISBN(s)
9780817355814
MARC Record
OCLC
933516461
Pages
379
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2009