White allies in the struggle for racial justice
By: Drick Boyd
Contributors: Boyd, Drick, editor
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781626981492
Subjects: Race relations; Biography; Whites; Civil rights; Racism; Christianity; Civil rights movements; Abolitionists; History; African Americans; Antislavery movements; Christians; Civil rights workers
Description: This inspiring book profiles white Americans who broke with a racist culture to join the struggle for racial justice-from early abolitionists (including John Woolman and Angelina Grimke), to partners in the civil rights struggle (such as Clarence Jordan, Viola Liuzza, and Abraham Heschel), to contemporary figures of our own time (including Morris Dees and Curtis De Young): At a time of renewed attention to the ongoing scourge of racial injustice, their stories are intended to inspire, raise consciousness, and motivate action on behalf equality and human dignity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad; title: John Woolman : a lone clear voice; title: Elijah Lovejoy : an extremist for justice; title: John Rankin : prophet for liberty; title: Angelina and Sarah Grimke : turning the world upside down; title: Levi Coffman : a legacy etched on human lives; title: Jim Crow & the Civil Rights Era; title: Mary White Ovington : a quiet radical; title: J. Waties Waring : a judge for justice; title: Viola Liuzzo : a maligned martyr; title: Myles Horton : radical hillbilly; title: Clarence Jordan : cotton patch preacher; title: Abraham Heschel : prophet and friend; title: Anne Braden; title: a life of radical choices; title: Virginia Durr : aristocratic rebel; title: Robert S. Graetz : bridge builder; title: Contemporary White allies.