An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (25th Anniversary Edition) - Hardcover

Young, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1737800411 ISBN 13: 9781737800415

Publisher: Jsj Enterprises & Publishing, LLC, 2021

Synopsis

25th Anniversary Edition

An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

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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About the Author

Andrew Young is a living legend. He was an activist for the civil rights movement alongside Martin Luther King Jr. He became a member of Congress, mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jsj Enterprises & Publishing, LLC
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1737800411
• ISBN 13: 9781737800415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 776