The Making of Black Revolutionaries - Softcover

Forman, James D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0940880105 ISBN 13: 9780940880108

Publisher: Open Hand Publishing,U.S., 1990

Synopsis

This eloquent and provocative autobiography records a day by day, sometimes hour by hour, compassionate account of the events that took place in the streets, meetings, churches, jails, and in people's hearts and minds in the 1960s civil rights movement.

\"James Forman's The Making of Black Revolutionaries is a classic, a personal, no holds barred inside look at the civil rights movement. Written by an insider, it offers an invaluable look at the politics and the personalities that shaped the movement and continue to shape American life\". -- Julian Bond

searing, jolting document that will leave the reader full of that savage indignation that tears the heart\". -- New York Times

\"This is a very important book\". -- Washington Post

\"Acrid and eloquent....this memoir draws on Forman's experience as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\". -- Publishers Weekly

\"Moving, dramatic, at times almost overwhelming\". -- Library Journal

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Review

Acrid and eloquent. . . . this memoir draws on Forman's experience as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. * Publishers Weekly * A searing, jolting document that will leave the reader full of that savage indignation that tears the heart. * New York Times * An important documentary autobiography by a man who became one of the most important black leaders in the struggle for civil rights and freedom, this volume is moving, dramatic, at times almost overwhelming. * Library Journal *

Synopsis

This autobiography examines the events of the 1960s which lead a young boy to become a revolutionary and a principal leader in the civil rights movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Hand Publishing,U.S.
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940880105
• ISBN 13: 9780940880108
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 568