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The house by the side of the road : the Selma civil rights movement
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- Creator
- Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- xii, 161 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0817316949, 0817358366, 0817383263, 9780817383268, 9780817316945
- OCLC
- ocn652743703, ocn772845388
- The blueprint of my life and the house -- Up on the hill -- Preparation for a life's journey -- Choosing a mate -- The foundation is laid -- The port in the storm -- Martin Luther King Jr. the man -- Storm clouds roll over Selma -- Hosting a movement -- Dangerous days -- Uncle Martin -- Shelter for the spirit -- Our neighborhood -- Guests in the house -- Other voices in the house -- The sanctuary -- Vital staff -- Perilous times -- Women in the movement -- Other support systems -- Nobel Prize winners in the house -- Soldiers in the storm -- Preparing for the march -- Strategy -- The fires burn -- On our way -- No room in the inn -- Marching orders -- A concert for the masses -- The final journey -- Memories and echoes of Martin -- Appendix 1: Selma and area counties -- Appendix 2: Timeline for the Selma Voting Rights Campaign of 1965 -- Appendix 3: Cabbage recipe
Subjects
- Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-
- Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932- -- Homes and haunts -- Alabama -- Selma.
- African American women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Selma -- Biography.
- Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Selma -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Alabama -- Selma -- Biography.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century.
- Selma (Ala.) -- Biography.
- Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.