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Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South

by John Egerton

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The compelling story of the earliest calls for desegregation and racial justice in the South. "Make room on your library shelf . . . for John Egerton's magnificent Speak Now Against the Day. His book is a stunning achievement: a sprawling, engrossing, deeply moving account of those Southerners, black and white, who raised their voices to challenge the South's racial mores. . . . [This] is an eloquent and passionate book, and . . . one we cannot afford to forget.--Charles B. Dew, New York Times Book Review "A rich and inspiring story. . . . [Egerton] has uncovered a buried treasure.--Studs Terkel "[A] superb book, measured but eloquent.--Dan T. Carter, Washington Post Book World… (more)

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323.092Social sciences › Political Science › Civil and political rights › Civil Rights › Biography And History › Biography

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E185.E28History of the United States › United States › Elements in the population

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