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Title:

White allies in the struggle for racial justice / Drick Boyd.

Publisher:

Orbis Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 324 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
Whites--United States--Biography.
African Americans--History.--History.
Civil rights movements--United States--History.
Civil rights--Christianity.--Christianity.
Racism--United States--History.
Antislavery movements--United States.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
Christians--United States--Biography.
United States--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Boyd, Drick, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad -- John Woolman : a lone clear voice -- Elijah Lovejoy : an extremist for justice -- John Rankin : prophet for liberty -- Angelina and Sarah Grimke : turning the world upside down -- Levi Coffman : a legacy etched on human lives -- Jim Crow & the Civil Rights Era -- Mary White Ovington : a quiet radical -- J. Waties Waring : a judge for justice -- Viola Liuzzo : a maligned martyr -- Myles Horton : radical hillbilly -- Clarence Jordan : cotton patch preacher -- Abraham Heschel : prophet and friend -- Anne Braden -- a life of radical choices -- Virginia Durr : aristocratic rebel -- Robert S. Graetz : bridge builder -- Contemporary White allies.

ISBN:

1626981493 (pbk.)
9781626981492 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)911518106

LCCN:

2015019274

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)