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Easy Burden

- The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (25th Anniversary Edition)

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25th Anniversary EditionAn Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of AmericaAndrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781737800415
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 776
  • Udgivet:
  • 16. november 2021
  • Vægt:
  • 1199 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 3. december 2024

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25th Anniversary EditionAn Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of AmericaAndrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.

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