LEADER 00000cam 2200757Li 4500 001 ocn870663396 003 OCoLC 005 20160518075023.1 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 140216s2014 alu o s000 0 eng d 019 870228715 020 0817387382|q(electronic bk.) 020 9780817387389|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)870663396|z(OCoLC)870228715 040 YDXCP|beng|epn|erda|cYDXCP|dEBLCP|dMHW|dN$T|dE7B|dP@U |dOCLCA|dDEBSZ|dOCLCO|dNLGGC|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCO 043 n-usu--|an-us-al 049 GTKE 050 4 JK1929.A2|bG58 2014 082 04 324.6/208996073075|223 084 HIS036060|aHIS036120|2bisacsh 100 1 Gitin, Maria. 245 10 This bright light of ours :|bstories from the Voting Rights fight /|cMaria Gitin. 264 1 Tuscaloosa, Alabama :|bUniversity Alabama Press,|c2014. 300 1 online resource. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Modern South 505 0 List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. My Freedom Summer 1965; 1. The Call to Action; 2. The Journey Begins; 3. The Wilcox County Voting Rights Fight; 4. Welcome to Wilcox County; 5. They Were Ready for Us; 6. Selma and SNCC; 7. Out in the Field; 8. Things Heat Up; 9. The Terror Continues; 10. A Brief Reprieve; 11. Back in the Field; 12. The Beginning of Doubts; 13. This May Be the Last Time; II. Looking Back, Moving Forward: Stories of the Freedom Fighters; 14. The Intervening Years; 15. Joyful Reunions; 16. Tragic Losses, New Friendships. 505 8 17. We Shall Remember Them18. We Honor Them; 19. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize; 20. A Change Is Gonna Come; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 520 "This Bright Light of Ours combines a memoir with oral history to create a very vivid portrait of the Freedom Summer of 1965 in Wilcox County, Alabama, when volunteers and long-standing local black leaders were shaking the cultural norms, registering thousands of new voters. This book documents the first-person experience of Maria Gitin, an idealistic 18-year-old college freshman from San Francisco who felt called to action when she viewed televised images of the brutal treatment of peaceful demonstrators during what became known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 600 10 Gitin, Maria. 600 17 Gitin, Maria.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01925509 611 20 Selma to Montgomery Rights March|d(1965 :|cSelma, Ala.) 611 27 Selma to Montgomery Rights March.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01732888 650 0 African Americans|xSuffrage|zSouthern States. 650 0 African Americans|xSuffrage|zAlabama. 650 0 Voter registration|zSouthern States. 650 0 Voter registration|zAlabama. 650 0 Civil rights workers|zCalifornia|vBiography. 650 0 Civil rights movements|zAlabama|xHistory. 650 0 Civil rights movements|zSouthern States|xHistory. 650 7 HISTORY|zUnited States|x20th Century.|2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY|zUnited States|xState & Local|xSouth (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)|2bisacsh 650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xPolitical Process|xElections.|2bisacsh 650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xPolitical Process|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 African Americans|xSuffrage.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00799713 650 7 Civil rights movements.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00862708 650 7 Civil rights workers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00862721 650 7 Race relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01086509 650 7 Voter registration.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01169215 651 0 Southern States|xRace relations. 651 0 Alabama|xRace relations. 651 7 Alabama.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204694 651 7 California.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204928 651 7 Southern States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01244550 655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|z9780817318178|z0817318178|w(DLC) 2013045587 830 0 Modern South. 914 ocn870663396 994 93|bGTK
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