The Selma Campaign, 1963-1965: The Decisive Battle of the Civil Rights MovementWally G. Vaughn, Mattie Campbell Davis 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 |
RUVIEL JONES MCCRACKEN | 94 |
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