An Easy Burden
The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America
Published on 30. November 2020
Book
Hardback
582 pages
978-1-4813-1470-1 (ISBN)
Description
Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Waco
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
hardcover does not include jacket
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
950 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4813-1470-1 (9781481314701)
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Persons
Andrew Young was born in New Orleans in 1932. In 1960, he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He served as its executive director from 1964 to 1970. He was elected to three terms in Congress and two terms as Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He was the first African American to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.