Lay Bare the Heart : An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement

Texas native James Farmer is one of the "Big Four" of the turbulent 1960s civil rights movement, along with Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Farmer might be called the forgotten man of the movement, overshadowed by Martin Luther King Jr., who was deeply influenced by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farmer, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : TCU Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Civil rights workers.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans.
Human rights movements.
African American.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme.
Noirs americains.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs americains > Droits > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Civil rights workers > United States > History > 20th century > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Texas native James Farmer is one of the "Big Four" of the turbulent 1960s civil rights movement, along with Martin Luther King Jr., Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young. Farmer might be called the forgotten man of the movement, overshadowed by Martin Luther King Jr., who was deeply influenced by Farmer's interpretation of Gandhi's concept of nonviolent protest. Born in Marshall, Texas, in 1920, the son of a preacher, Farmer grew up with segregated movie theaters and "White Only" drinking fountains. This background impelled him to found the Congress of Racial Equality in 1942. That same y.
Physical Description:1 online resource (370 pages).
ISBN:9780875655208

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