Summary
Andrew B. Lewis, a historian at Wesleyan University, recounts this pivotal moment in his book, "The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation," as he chronicles the roles of a band of young people who gave new direction and courage to the movement at a crucial time.
From mostly different backgrounds but with a common cause, these activists who were around the age of 20 - John Lewis, Julian Bond, Marion Barry, Stokely Carmichael, Diane Nash, Bob Moses and Bob Zellner among them - saw the sit-in as a tool to spread the movement for social justice to the grass-roots South. There would be others: Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer in Mississippi, the Children's Crusade in Birmingham, Ala., and voting rights marches.Lewis is covering territory that has been well-traveled by others, such as Taylor Branch with his three-part history of the King years and David Halberstam with "The Children," and it is light on fresh analysis. But he distills the vast trove of material on SNCC and the movement with a sure, skillful hand. The book would be an excellent starting point for anyone, particularly young people, wanting to learn about key points in the modern civil rights era and the rise _ and fall _ of SNCC.See the full content of this document
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Sncc Chronicle Is Deft History of Civil Rights Era
SNCC chronicle is deft history of Civil Rights era
Even after nearly 5 0 years, the names bear repeating: Franklin McCain, David Richmond, Ezell Blair and Joseph McNeil.They were freshmen at North...See the full content of this document
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