Freedom on the border
Subtitle: an oral history of the civil rights movement in Kentucky
By: Catherine Fosl and Tracy E. K'Meyer
Edition: Paperback ed.
Series: Kentucky remembered
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780813126067
Subjects: Politics and government; African American civil rights workers; Race relations; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; History; African Americans; Interviews; Biography; Civil rights workers
Description: In this book, Fosl and K'Meyer "gather the voices of more than one hundred courageous crusaders for civil rights, many of whom have never before spoken publicly about their experiences. These activists hail from all over Kentucky, offering a wide representation of the state's geography and culture while explaining the civil rights movement in their respective communities and in their own words."--Book jacket.
Notes: Originally published: c2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Life under segregation. Profile : Jesse Crenshaw; title: 2. Desegregation in education; title: 3. Opening public accommodations. Profile : Helen Fisher Frye; title: 4. Open housing; title: 5. Economic opportunity. Profile : Julia Cowans; title: 6. Black consciousness, black power. Profile : J. Blaine Hudson; title: 7. Black political power.