{"product_id":"my-soul-is-rested-the-story-of-the-civil-rights-movement-in-the-deep-south-paperback","title":"My Soul Is Rested: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHowell Raines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A superb oral history.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"So touching, so exhilarating...no book for a long time has left me so moved or so happy.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe almost unfathomable courage and the undying faith that propelled the Civil Rights Movement are brilliantly captured in these moving personal recollections. Here are the voices of leaders and followers, of ordinary people who became extraordinary in the face of turmoil and violence. From the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, these are the people who fought the epic battle: Rosa Parks, Andrew Young, Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams, Fannie Lou Hamer, and others, both black and white, who participated in sit-ins, Freedom Rides, voter drives, and campaigns for school and university integration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, too, are voices from the \"Down-Home Resistance\" that supported George Wallace, Bull Connor, and the \"traditions\" of the Old South--voices that conjure up the frightening terrain on which the battle was fought. \u003ci\u003eMy Soul Is Rested\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful document of social and political history, as well as a magnificent tribute to those who made history happen.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore stepping down in 2003, \u003cb\u003eHowell Raines\u003c\/b\u003e was executive editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhiskey Man, \u003c\/i\u003ea novel, and \u003ci\u003eMy Soul Is Rested, \u003c\/i\u003ean oral history of the Civil Rights movement. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988577976621,"sku":"9780140067538","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/M1dIaUl5Qnp4S2thT1dXaXBrb1QxUT09.webp?v=1776224837","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/my-soul-is-rested-the-story-of-the-civil-rights-movement-in-the-deep-south-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}