The Selma Campaign, 1963-1965: The Decisive Battle of the Civil Rights Movement

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Wally G. Vaughn, Mattie Campbell Davis
The Majority Press, 2006 - History - 245 pages
The Dallas County Voters League, an organisation comprised primarily of black men, began seeking avenues in the 1940s to gradually transform the oppressive environments in which they lived. The quiet, protracted Civil Rights struggle culminated in 1963 when black students from Hudson High School in Selma became pivotal participants in launching the public movement. The Selma campaign was in jeopardy in late 1964, so local leaders invited Martin Luther King to assist them. The rest, as they say, is history.
 

Contents

Foreword vi
1
REVEREND HENRY LEWIS PARKER SR
19
REVEREND FREDERICK DOUGLASS REESE
31
JAMES GILDERSLEEVE
55
ERNEST DOYLE
63
MARIE FOSTER
69
PAULINE ANDERSON
78
DR SULLIVAN JACKSON
85
ELIZA MANUEL
101
JEFFIRSE JACKSON
108
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SHARE THEIR STORIES
115
GRACIE BEAN PEOPLES
124
ZENOBIA CRAIG ROBERTSON
131
GERALDINE JACKSON
137
JOHNNY MANUEL
143
Copyright

RUVIEL JONES MCCRACKEN
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About the author (2006)

Wally G. Vaughn is a native of Sumter, S.C. He successfully completed studies at Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA., B.A., 1976; School of Theology at Virginia Union, M. Div., 1980; Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J., Th. M., 1991; and United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, D.Min., 2001. He is a chaplain in the United States Air Force, endorsed to serve by the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Chaplain Vaughn is the author of two other books. Reverend Vaughn is a Life Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He and his wife, Geraldine, have two children, Wallisa and Wally, Jr. Mattie Campbell Davis is a native of Sheffield, Alabama, and graduated from Parker High School, Birmingham, Alabama. She successfully completed academic studies at Lawson Junior College, Birmingham, in 1968 and the University of North Alabama, B.A., in 1971. She is married to Reverend John Davis and they have one son, John, II. Mattie is co-owner of Robes and Gowns of Selma.