{"product_id":"back-to-birmingham-jimmie-lewis-franklin-9780817359454","title":"Back to Birmingham: Richard Arrington, Jr., and His Times","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe story of Richard Arrington Jr., the first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama was the central battleground in the struggle for human rights in the American South. As one of the most segregated cities in the United States, the city of Birmingham became infamous for its suppression of civil rights and for official and vigilante violence against its African American citizens, most notoriously the use of explosives in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing and the bombing of the home of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In October of 1979, Birmingham elected its first Black mayor, Richard Arrington Jr. He was born in the rural town of Livingston, Alabama. His family moved to Birmingham when he was a child. A man of quiet demeanor, he was nevertheless destined to bring to fruition many of the fundamental changes that the Civil Rights Movement had demanded. This is his story. Not a conventional political or Civil Rights history, \u003ci\u003eBack to Birmingham\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a man who demonstrated faith in his region and people. The work illuminates Arrington's sense of place, a quality that enables a person to claim sentimentally a portion of the natural and human environment. Franklin passionately underscores the importance of the attachment of Southern Blacks to their land and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBack to Birmingham \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to both the general reader and the serious student of American society. The book endeavors to bridge the gap between popular and scholarly history. It is guided by the assumption that Americans of whatever description can find satisfaction in comprehending social change and that they are buoyed by the individual triumph of those who beat the odds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jimmie Lewis Franklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817359451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817359454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Jimmie Lewis Franklin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441361563903,"sku":"9780817359454","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b21ca1f2-93cc-4c7d-a5f4-863ac45052f6.jpg?v=1777190408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/back-to-birmingham-jimmie-lewis-franklin-9780817359454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}