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Author:

Hollars, B. J., author.

Title:

The road south : personal stories of the Freedom Riders / B. J. Hollars.

Publisher:

The University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvi, 171 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Freedom Rides (1961)
Freedom Rides, 1961--Personal narratives.
Civil rights workers--United States--Interviews.
Civil rights demonstrations--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States--History--20th century.
Civil rights workers--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Southern States--History--20th century.
Segregation in transportation--Southern States--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Southern States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.
Southern States--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Civil rights.
African Americans--Segregation.
Civil rights demonstrations.
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
Southern States.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Interviews.
Personal narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-162) and index.

Contents:

Prologue : All aboard -- Part I : The road behind. James Zwerg : Appleton, Wisconsin -- Susan Wilbur : Nashville, Tennessee -- Miriam Feingold : Brooklyn, New York -- Charles Person : Atlanta, Georgia -- Part III : The road ahead. Bernard LaFayette Jr. : Tampa, Florida -- Bill Harbour : Piedmont, Alabama -- Catherine Burks : Birmingham, Alabama -- Hezekiah Watkins : Jackson Mississippi -- Arione Irby : Gee's Bend, Alabama -- Epilogue : The last stop.

ISBN:

0817319808
9780817319809

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1004769768

LCCN:

2017044600

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)