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Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South
Winner:Robert F. Kennedy Book Award -Grand Prize (1995)
Speak Now Against the Day is the astonishing, little-known story of the Southerners who, in the generation before the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat on a Montgomery bus, challenged the validity of a white ruling class and a "separate but equal" division of the races. The voices of the dissenters, although present throughout the South's troubled history, grew louder with Roosevelt's election in 1932. An increasing number of men and women who grappled daily with the economic and social woes of the South began forcefully and courageously to speak and to work toward the day when the South - and the nation - would deliver on the historic promises in the country's founding documents. This is the story of those brave prophets - the ministers, writers, educators, journalists, social activists, union members, and politicians, black and white, who pointed the way to higher ground.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
- Publish Date: Nov 6th, 1995
- Pages: 768
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.38in - 6.12in - 1.99in - 2.46lb
- EAN: 9780807845578
- Categories: • Civil Rights• United States - 20th Century
About the Author
Egerton, John: - John Egerton (1935-2013), an independent nonfiction writer, wrote extensively on his native South. He is author of more than a dozen books, including The Americanization of Dixie and Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History.
Praise for this book
[A] superb book, measured but eloquent.
--Dan T. Carter, "Washington Post Book World"
--Dan T. Carter, "Washington Post Book World"
[A] superb book, measured but eloquent.
-Dan T. Carter, "Washington Post Book World"
-Dan T. Carter, "Washington Post Book World"
Rich and compelling. . . . For anyone interested in the emergence of the civil rights movement or anyone who simply loves a well-written history, "Speak Now Against the Day" is a must read.
--"Journal of Southwest Georgia History"
--"Journal of Southwest Georgia History"
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"
--Charles B. Dew, "New York Times Book Review"