Fighting for social justice
Subtitle: the life story of David Burgess
By: David S. Burgess ; foreword by Bill Moyers.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Burgess, David S., 1917-; United Church of Christ -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography.; Fellowship of Southern Churchmen.; United States. Foreign Service -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Indonesia -- Biography.; UNICEF -- Officials and employees -- Biography.; Church work with the poor -- United States.; Labor unions -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Through his narrative, David Burgess connects his fight for the welfare of others to the broader politics of twentieth-century America. Burgess combines his belief in pacifism, work with international aid agencies, and inner city Christian ministry to demonstrate the connections between international social movements in America, Canada, and Asia.".

"Fighting for Social Justice is a memoir about struggles for social justice in the mid-twentieth century that scholars and students of social movements, labor studies, American history, as well as the general reader interested in religious activism, will find compelling."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.