To Redeem the Soul of America looks beyond the towering figure of Martin Luther King, Jr., to disclose the full workings of the organization that supproted him. As Adam Fairclough reveals the dynamics within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference he shows how Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Wyatt Walker, Andrew Young, and others also played a hand in the triumphs of Selma and Birmingham and the frustrations of Albany and Chicago. Joining a charismatic leader with an inspired group of activists, the SCLC built a bridge from the black proletariat to the white liberal elite and then, finally, to the halls of Congress and the White House.

About the Author
Adam Fairclough is Professor of American History at the University of East Anglia, He is the author of Race and Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972, which won the Lillian Smith, the Gustavus Myers Award, the Loulsiana Literary Award, and a Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award. Fairclough is also author of Martin Luther King, Jr. and editor of The Star Creek Papers, All are published by the University of Georgia Press.

Reviews
Splendidly researched, cogently articulated...May well represent the finest single piece of published scholarship on the American Civil Rights Movement. - Choice



Book Information
ISBN 9780820323466
Author Adam Fairclough
Format Paperback
Page Count 516
Imprint University of Georgia Press
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Weight(grams) 740g