{"product_id":"short-stories-of-the-civil-margaret-earley-whitt-9780820328515","title":"Short Stories of the Civil Rights Movement: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the civil rights era, masses of people marched in the streets, boycotted stores, and registered to vote. Others challenged racism in ways more solitary but no less life changing. These twenty-three stories give a voice to the nameless, ordinary citizens without whom the movement would have failed. From bloody melees at public lunch counters to anxious musings at the family dinner table, the diverse experiences depicted in this anthology make the civil rights movement as real and immediate as the best histories and memoirs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach story focuses on a particular, sometimes private, moment in the historic struggle for social justice in America. Events have a permanent effect on characters, like the white girl in \"Spring Is Now\" who must sort through her feelings about the only black boy in her school, or the black preacher in \"The Convert\" who tells a friend, \"This thing of being a man . . . The Supreme Court can't make you a man. The NAACP can't do it. God Almighty can do a lot, but even He can't do it. Ain't nobody can do it but you.\" If a character survives--and some do not--the event can become a turning point, a vision for a better world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sections into which the stories are grouped parallel the news headlines of the day: School Desegregation (1954 on), Sit-ins (1960 on), Marches and Demonstrations (1963 on), and Acts of Violence. In the last section, Retrospective, characters look back on their personal involvement with the movement. Twenty writers--eleven black and nine white--are represented in the collection. Ten stories were written during the 1960s. That the others were written long after the movement's heyday suggests the potency of that time as a continuing source of creative inspiration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Earley Whitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820328510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820328515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.36w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e IndieFab awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Outstanding","brand":"Margaret Earley Whitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986732187903,"sku":"9780820328515","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_492363cb-ed80-4ab3-a670-62051a82c8ae.jpg?v=1683284872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-stories-of-the-civil-margaret-earley-whitt-9780820328515","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}