Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on archival materials, secondary sources, and eyewitness accounts of the brave men and women who marched, this gripping account offers a brief and nuanced narrative of this critical phase of the black freedom struggle.
Trade ReviewPratt has provided readers with a compelling narrative that is a welcome addition to civil rights studies for both classrooms and a general audience... Pratt has woven together a very readable chronology of dramatic events with attention to both the larger historical context and ongoing scholarly debates, a task many authors struggle to do effectively in much longer monographs.
—Caroline S. Emmons, Hampden-Sydney College,
Journal of Southern HistoryTable of ContentsPrologue 1 Slow March Toward Freedom 2 Seeds of Protest 3 Bloody Sunday 4 My Feets is tired, but my Soul is rested 5 A Season of Suffering Epilogue Acknowledgements Notes Index