Servants of the people
Subtitle: the 1960s legacy of African American leadership
By: Lea E. Williams.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780230606333
Subjects: African American leadership; African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: This revised and expanded edition traces the lives of key American civil rights leaders as they willingly risk their lives for the civil rights cause, including A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, and Ella Baker.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.