Daily demonstrators
Subtitle: the civil rights movement in Mennonite homes and sanctuaries
By: Tobin Miller Shearer.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780801897009
Subjects: Mennonite Church -- History -- 20th century; General Conference Mennonite Church -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Mennonite Church -- History -- 20th century; Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Mennonite Church -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- General Conference Mennonite Church -- History -- 20th century; Race relations -- Religious aspects -- General Conference Mennonite Church -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: The Mennonites, with their long tradition of peaceful protest and commitment to equality, were castigated by the Reverend Martin Luther King for not showing up on the streets to support the civil rights movement. This book shows how the civil rights movement played out in Mennonite homes and churches from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A separated history; title: Prayer covered protest; title: Fresh air disruption; title: Vincent Harding's dual demonstration; title: The wedding march; title: Congregational campaign; title: The Manifesto movement; title: A new cvil rights story.