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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
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81/100Scholars
Author:
Paul Kix
Publisher:
Celadon Books
Date:
May 2, 2023
The story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's pivotal ten-week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.
What The Reviewers Say
In lieu of analysis, [Kix] opts for character development and edge-of-your-seat drama.
Kix’s vivid and often maddening account of police brutality, ignorant racism, and the power of misguided ideas makes for sobering reading.
A gripping, novelistic account.
