Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement from the 1950s Through the 1980s

Hampton, Henry; Fayer, Steve; Flynn, Sarah

ISBN 10: 0553352326 / ISBN 13: 9780553352320

Editore: Random House Publishing Group, 1991

Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting. Codice articolo EVV.0553352326.VG

Riassunto:

“A vast choral pageant that recounts the momentous work of the civil rights struggle.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
A monumental volume drawing upon nearly one thousand interviews with civil rights activists, politicians, reporters, Justice Department officials, and others, weaving a fascinating narrative of the civil rights movement told by the people who lived it
 
Join brave and terrified youngsters walking through a jeering mob and up the steps of Central High School in Little Rock. Listen to the vivid voices of the ordinary people who manned the barricades, the laborers, the students, the housewives without whom there would have been no civil rights movements at all.
 
In this remarkable oral history, Henry Hampton, creator and executive producer of the acclaimed PBS series Eyes on the Prize, and Steve Fayer, series writer, bring to life the country’s great struggle for civil rights as no conventional narrative can. You will hear the voices of those who defied the blackjacks, who went to jail, who witnessed and policed the movement; of those who stood for and against it—voices from the heart of America.

Informazioni sull?autore: Henry Hampton, who died in 1998, was the creator and executive producer of Eyes on the Prize, one of more than 40 film projects he developed with his company Blackside, Inc., the largest African-American-owned film production company of its time. Hampton became one of the world's most respected documentary filmmakers as he chronicled the 20th century's great political and social movements, focusing on the lives of the poor and disenfranchised.

Steve Fayer was the series writer for Eyes on the Prize.

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Titolo: Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the ...
Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group
Data di pubblicazione: 1991
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good