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Author Zellner, Bob.

Title The wrong side of Murder Creek : a White southerner in the freedom movement / Bob Zellner with Constance Curry ; foreword by Julian Bond.

Publication Info. Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2008]
©2008
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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B ZELLNER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 ZELLNER, BOB    Check Shelf
Description 351 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Growing up in L.A. (lower Alabama) -- Biscuit man -- Race relations 402 -- The Huntingdon five -- Under the influence -- Freedom riders in Montgomery -- The highs of highlander -- My September 11th farewell -- Briefcase and broom -- Murder and mayhem in McComb -- Working on the chain gang -- Criminal anarchy in Baton Rouge -- Organizing in Talladega -- George Wallace and me -- John Brown: live like him -- "This is not a social call" -- How gladly they stood -- Seeing stars -- Seed pod explosion -- Train wreck -- Goodbye and GROW -- Fundi: passing it on -- Up South.
Summary Former field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Bob Zellner reflects on his life, focusing on his years as a civil rights activist from 1960 to 1967, and the many obstacles he faced and people he met while fighting for equality.
Awards Lillian Smith Book Award, 2009
Subject Zellner, Bob.
Civil rights workers -- Southern States -- Biography.
White people -- Alabama -- Biography.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Alabama -- Biography.
Added Author Curry, Constance, 1933-2020
ISBN 9781588382221
1588382222
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