God's long summer : stories of faith and civil rights /
Marsh, Charles, 1958-
God's long summer : stories of faith and civil rights / Charles Marsh. - x, 276 pages, [16] pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-265) and index.
Abbreviations Introduction:
With God on Our Side:
Faiths in Conflict3
Ch.1 "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom10
Ch.2 High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers 49
Ch.3 Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society 82
Ch.4 Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits 116
Ch.5 Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return 152 Conclusion: Clearburning:
Fragments of a Reconciling Faith 192
Afterword 195
Notes 205
Acknowledgments 255
Selected Bibliography 259
Interviews 267
Index 269
In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This work takes us back to this place and time.
0691021341 (cloth : alk. paper)
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Religious life--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi--Church history--20th century.
305.8960730762 / M.C.G
God's long summer : stories of faith and civil rights / Charles Marsh. - x, 276 pages, [16] pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-265) and index.
Abbreviations Introduction:
With God on Our Side:
Faiths in Conflict3
Ch.1 "I'm on My Way, Praise God": Mrs. Hamer's Fight for Freedom10
Ch.2 High Priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: The Calling of Sam Bowers 49
Ch.3 Douglas Hudgins: Theologian of the Closed Society 82
Ch.4 Inside Agitator: Ed King's Church Visits 116
Ch.5 Cleveland Sellers and the River of No Return 152 Conclusion: Clearburning:
Fragments of a Reconciling Faith 192
Afterword 195
Notes 205
Acknowledgments 255
Selected Bibliography 259
Interviews 267
Index 269
In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This work takes us back to this place and time.
0691021341 (cloth : alk. paper)
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.--Mississippi
Civil rights workers--Religious life--History--Mississippi--20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Mississippi--Church history--20th century.
305.8960730762 / M.C.G