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Language: English
Published by University of North Carolina Press, 1995
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- Title
- Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South
- Author
- Egerton, John
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0807845574
- ISBN 13
- 9780807845578
- Item weight
- 2.52 pounds
The compelling story of the earliest calls for desegregation and racial justice in the South.
"Make room on your library shelf . . . for John Egerton's magnificent Speak Now Against the Day. His book is a stunning achievement: a sprawling, engrossing, deeply moving account of those Southerners, black and white, who raised their voices to challenge the South's racial mores. . . . [This] is an eloquent and passionate book, and . . . one we cannot afford to forget.--Charles B. Dew, New York Times Book Review
"A rich and inspiring story. . . . [Egerton] has uncovered a buried treasure.--Studs Terkel
"[A] superb book, measured but eloquent.--Dan T. Carter, Washington Post Book World
"Make room on your library shelf . . . for John Egerton's magnificent Speak Now Against the Day. His book is a stunning achievement: a sprawling, engrossing, deeply moving account of those Southerners, black and white, who raised their voices to challenge the South's racial mores. . . . [This] is an eloquent and passionate book, and . . . one we cannot afford to forget.--Charles B. Dew, New York Times Book Review
"A rich and inspiring story. . . . [Egerton] has uncovered a buried treasure.--Studs Terkel
"[A] superb book, measured but eloquent.--Dan T. Carter, Washington Post Book World
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About the Author
John Egerton (1935-2013), an independent nonfiction writer, wrote extensively on his native South. He is author of more than a dozen books, including The Americanization of Dixie and Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History.
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