Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed

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The Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvSonjia Parker Redmond,Beatrice J. Adams,Beatrice J Adams

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Winner of the Anne B. and James B. McMillan PrizeA powerful collection of firsthand stories from the Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964—students who came of age in the crucible of the Civil Rights Movement. Their stories uncover the bold choices of their ancestors who chose to stay and help shape the South.Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed, edited by Sonjia Parker Redmond and Beatrice J. Adams, brings together twenty-one deeply personal narratives from members of the Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964. These students grew up at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement, coming of age during landmark legal battles, community-led voter registration efforts, and the long shadow of Jim Crow.Graduating in the year of the Civil Rights Act and Freedom Summer, these young people had already helped desegregate Alabama schools. They marched from Selma to Montgomery, mourned the assassination of classmate Sammy Younge Jr., and witnessed firsthand the violent resistance to change that defined the era.Rather than join the Great Migration northward, many of them followed the lead of their ancestors and chose to stay—becoming educators, organizers, and civic leaders. Their lives reflect a powerful legacy of resistance and renewal, rooted in a deep sense of place and purpose. This collection preserves their voices and honors the generations of Black families who fought for justice not only through protest, but by staying, building, and believing in the promise of the South.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-16
Mått152 x 229 x 33 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor368
FörlagThe University of Alabama Press
MedarbetareGray,FredD.
ISBN9780817362324

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Foreword by Fred D. GrayAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Origins of the 1964 Reunion Class Narratives Project 1Part I. Ancestors: Creating the Parallel WorldChapter 1. Raymond AdamsChapter 2. Carolyn Earline Foster BivinsChapter 3. Milton DonaldChapter 4. Nancy Hooten GarrisonChapter 5. Douglas MayberryChapter 6. Annie Jean Baker ReedPart II. Ancestors and Narrators: Lifting as They ClimbedChapter 7. Margaret Meadows JonesChapter 8. Barbara White Atkinson-LigginsChapter 9. Alma Jean Foye StokesChapter 10. Harold WhiteChapter 11. Carolyn Moss WoodardPart III. Ancestors and Narrators: Toiling, Striving, Reaching toward the SkyChapter 12. Mattie Davis BlizzardChapter 13. Rosa McWilliams HendersonChapter 14. Marian Quinn WilliamsChapter 15. Sonjia Parker RedmondChapter 16. Alex StantonChapter 17. Roosevelt Lorenzo WilliamsPart IV. Ancestors and Narrators: Frontlines of the Civil Rights GenerationChapter 18. Gerald W. BillesChapter 19. Anthony T. LeeChapter 20. Palmer Sullins Jr.Chapter 21. Willie B. Wyatt Jr.EpilogueNotesIndex

"Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed is engaging, surprising, and informative. These narratives of triumph can serve as inspiration to any reader who is committed to bringing about change in the face of injustice." —Trudier Harris, author of From Mammies to Militants: Domestics in Black American Literature from Charles Chesnutt to Toni Morrison"This book is a significant contribution and necessary correction to archives of the history of Tuskegee University and to the community that grew around and with it." —Frances Smith Foster, author of Til Death or Distance Do Us Part: Love and Marriage in African America