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Overview
This inspiring book profiles white Americans who broke with a racist culture to join the struggle for racial justice-from early abolitionists (including John Woolman and Angelina Grimke), to partners in the civil rights struggle (such as Clarence Jordan, Viola Liuzza, and Abraham Heschel), to contemporary figures of our own time (including Morris Dees and Curtis De Young): At a time of renewed attention to the ongoing scourge of racial injustice, their stories are intended to inspire, raise consciousness, and motivate action on behalf equality and human dignity.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781608336159 |
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| Publisher: | Orbis |
| Publication date: | 10/23/2015 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 1 MB |
Table of Contents
Foreword Rev. C. T. Vivian vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: The Need For Role Models 1
Abolitionists and the Underground Railroad
1 John Woolman (1720-1772): A Lone Clear Voice 15
2 Angelina Grimké (1805-1879) and Sarah Grimké (1792-1873): Turning the World Upside Down 27
3 John Rankin (1793-1886): Prophet for Liberty 43
4 Levi Coffin (1798-1877): A Legacy Fetched on Human Lives 57
5 Elijah Lovejoy (1802 -1837): An Extremist for Justice 73
Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Era
6 Mary White Ovington (1865-1951): A Quiet Radical 85
7 J. Wattes Waking (1880-1968): A Judge for justice 99
8 Virginia Foster Durr (1903-1999): Aristocratic Rebel 113
9 Myles Horton (1905-1990): Radical Hillbilly 139
10 Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972): Prophet and Friend 155
11 Clarence Jordan (1912-1969): A Cotton Patch Radical 167
12 Anne Braden (1924-2006): A Life of Radical Choices 185
13 Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965): A Maligned Martyr 205
14 Robert Graetz (1928- ): Bridge Builder 215
Contemporary White Allies
15 Morris Dees (1936- ): Laxvyer on the Offense 235
16 Curtiss Paul De Young (1957- ): Reconciler on a Journey 253
17 Tim Wise (1968- ): Speaking Treason, Speaking Truth 271
Conclusion: From Sympathetic Awareness to Active Alliance 291
Appendix: Other White Allies for Racial Justice 307
Index 313