num_pages: 711
description: "A welcome addition to civil rights history.…It is an old story, newly told here, with new insights and new characters, tied together with a new point of view." -- Julian Bond"What makes Fred Powledge's new book especially valuable as an account of the Southern Civil Rights movement is its firsthand recollections of people who took part in or witnessed the movement. Woven in with the author's narrative, more than 60 reminiscences lend the book a richness and breadth that lift it above most other accounts of the struggle." -- San Francisco Chronicle"This clear, brisk history of the civil-rights movement is a valuable aid to the memories of the middle-aged and an excellent summary for those too young to remember it." -- The New Yorker
language: English
title: Free at Last?: The Civil Rights Movement and the People Who Made It
titlecomplete: Free at Last?: The Civil Rights Movement and the People Who Made It
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Perennial