Shattered Glass in Birmingham
Subtitle: My Family's Fight for Civil Rights, 1961-1964
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780807154373
Subjects: Civil rights movements, united states; African americans, civil rights; Birmingham (ala.); Alabama, biography; Alabama, history
Description: This book traces the experiences of a white northern family during the climax of the civil rights movement in Alabama's largest city. Recounted primarily from Randall Jimerson's perspective as one of five children of Reverend Norman C. "Jim" Jimerson, executive director of the Alabama Council on Human Relations, the narrative explores the public and private impact of the civil rights struggle. Based on extensive archival research as well as oral histories, Shattered Glass in Birmingham offers the reader a ground-level view of prejudice, discrimination, violence, and courage. --from inside jacket flap.