{"product_id":"from-southern-wrongs-to-civil-rights-the-memoir-of-a-white-civil-rights-activist-9780817355586","title":"From Southern Wrongs to Civil Rights The Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara Mitchell Parsons tells the moving story of a courageous white woman who dared to become a champion of racial justice in the heart of the segregated south.... [She] became an outspoken advocate of integration at considerable personal cost and played an important role in Atlanta's transformation into a model of civil rights progress. I wholeheartedly recommend this book. - Coretta Scott King \"\"Sara Parsons's efforts to integrate and improve schools and her attack on complacent white churches made her a pariah and resulted in the break-up of her marriage.... She was one of the South's first white elected officials who openly advocated racial equality.\"\" - Atlanta Journal-Constitution \"\"Sara Parsons in the 1960's [was] the lone white member of the Atlanta school board to support integration.... Jimmy Carter may not have had the courage [then] to meet with Martin Luther King. But Ms. Parsons did. She met Dr. King on several occasions, even though each time it seemed to cost her another white friend.\"\" - New York Times","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038578147671,"sku":"9780817355586","price":21.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817355586.jpg?v=1750940749","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-southern-wrongs-to-civil-rights-the-memoir-of-a-white-civil-rights-activist-9780817355586","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}