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Young, Andrew, 1932-

An easy burden : the civil rights movement and the transformation of America / - 1st ed. - New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1996. - x, 550 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

1932-1961 -- Don't get mad, get smart -- Among the talented tenth -- Somebody's calling my name -- Jean -- Serving Bethany -- The establishment at prayer -- Look away Dixie -- 1961-1968 -- The singing movement -- The Lord is with this movement -- Redeeming the soul of America -- Walking through the valley -- International acclaim, domestic harassment -- Give us the ballot -- Going to Chicago -- War and poverty -- Let us slay the dreamer -- 1968-1972 -- City of hope -- What shall become of his dream. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.

The civil rights movement and the generations of men and women who lived and died to redeem the soul of America changed this country and the world forever. An Easy Burden is a masterful first-person account of the brave and the foolhardy, the weak and the strong, the blind and the visionary, who fought on both sides of that struggle.

ISBN: 0060173629 9780060173623 0060928905 (pbk.) 9780060928902 (pbk.)

LCCN: 96022928

Subjects--Personal Names:
Young, Andrew (1932-....).
Young, Andrew, 1932-

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights movements--History--United States--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.
History.

LC Class. No.: E840.8.Y64 / A3 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 323/.092