{"product_id":"daily-demonstrators-tobin-miller-shearer-9780801897009","title":"Daily Demonstrators: The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and Sanctuaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mennonites, with their long tradition of peaceful protest and commitment to equality, were castigated by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. for not showing up on the streets to support the civil rights movement. \u003ci\u003eDaily Demonstrators\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the civil rights movement played out in Mennonite homes and churches from the 1940s through the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first book to bring together Mennonite religious history and civil rights movement history, Tobin Miller Shearer discusses how the civil rights movement challenged Mennonites to explore whether they, within their own church, were truly as committed to racial tolerance and equality as they might like to believe. Shearer shows the surprising role of children in overcoming the racial stereotypes of white adults. Reflecting the transformation taking place in the nation as a whole, Mennonites had to go through their own civil rights struggle before they came to accept interracial marriages and integrated congregations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on oral history interviews, photographs, letters, minutes, diaries, and journals of white and African-American Mennonites, this fascinating book further illuminates the role of race in modern American religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tobin Miller Shearer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801897009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801897009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2011","brand":"Tobin Miller Shearer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443693334783,"sku":"9780801897009","price":70.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a780554-2baf-40f1-87f7-f33bc7bd73f5.jpg?v=1777207184","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/daily-demonstrators-tobin-miller-shearer-9780801897009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}