Freedom on the border
Subtitle: an oral history of the civil rights movement in Kentucky
By: [compiled and edited by] Catherine Fosl and Tracy E. K'Meyer.
Contributors: Fosl, Catherine.; K'Meyer, Tracy Elaine.
Series: Kentucky remembered, an oral history series
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780813125497
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Kentucky -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Kentucky -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 20th century; African American civil rights workers -- Kentucky -- Interviews; Civil rights workers -- Kentucky -- Interviews; African American civil rights workers -- Kentucky -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- Kentucky -- Biography; Kentucky -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Genres: Interviews; Biography
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: Includes bibliographical references and index.