Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham

Sandra K. Gill is Associate Professor of Sociology at Gettysburg College, USA, where she teaches courses in social theory, gender, and qualitative methods. Her published works include articles on gender inequality, gender differences in personality, and autobiographical memory.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Collective Recollections: Approaches to Memory in Sociology.- 3. Our Town–Our School–My Research.- 4. Narrating Recollections.- 5. Constructing a Cultural Trauma.- 6. Silence, Youth, and Change.- 7. Fine Families and a Forgotten Past: The New Narrative.- 8. Techniques of Memory.- 9. Conclusion.