Robert Parris Moses
Subtitle: a life in civil rights and leadership at the grassroots
By: Laura Visser-Maessen
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781469627984
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Race relations; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Civil rights workers; African Americans; Biography; History
Description: "This new biography casts Moses in a new light, revealing him as a far more strategic, calculating, and hands-on organizer than in previous portrayals of him as an idealist and saintly figure"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The making of a mind; title: A movement education; title: You killed my husband; title: The Bob Moses mystique; title: A new dimension; title: Damned if you, damned if you don't; title: Freedom is a constant struggle; title: A moment lost; title: Not a happy time.