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Author Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-

Title The house by the side of the road : the Selma civil rights movement / Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 161 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The blueprint of my life and the house -- Up on the hill -- Preparation for a life's journey -- Choosing a mate -- The foundation is laid -- The port in the storm -- Martin Luther King Jr. the man -- Storm clouds roll over Selma -- Hosting a movement -- Dangerous days -- Uncle Martin -- Shelter for the spirit -- Our neighborhood -- Guests in the house -- Other voices in the house -- The sanctuary -- Vital staff -- Perilous times -- Women in the movement -- Other support systems -- Nobel Prize winners in the house -- Soldiers in the storm -- Preparing for the march -- Strategy -- The fires burn -- On our way -- No room in the inn -- Marching orders -- A concert for the masses -- The final journey -- Memories and echoes of Martin -- Appendix 1: Selma and area counties -- Appendix 2: Timeline for the Selma Voting Rights Campaign of 1965 -- Appendix 3: Cabbage recipe
Summary During the 1965 Selma voting rights campaign, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. set up informal headquarters at the home of Dr. Sullivan Jackson; his wife, Richie Jean; and their young daughter, Jawana. Dr. Jackson was an African American dentist in Selma, whose profession gave him some protection from economic reprisals, and he was one of the movement's prominent local supporters. Richie Jean was a childhood friend of King & King's wife, Coretta Scott King, who had grown up in the nearby town of Marion, and the King, Abernathy, and Jackson families were all very close
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Subject Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-
Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932- -- Homes and haunts -- Alabama -- Selma
SUBJECT Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932- fast
Subject African American women civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Selma -- Biography
Civil rights workers -- Alabama -- Selma -- Biography
African Americans -- Alabama -- Selma -- Biography
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
African American women civil rights workers
African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Civil rights workers
Homes
Race relations
SUBJECT Selma (Ala.) -- Biography
Selma (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Alabama -- Selma
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010031632
ISBN 9780817383268
0817383263