Publication: Freedom's Children: Young Civil RIghts Activists Tell Their Own Stories

• Levine, Ellen

Southern blacks who were young and involved in the civil
rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s describe their
experiences.  Here is a collection of memories by the
"footsoldiers" of the Civil Rights Movement: the children
and the teenagers. These oral accounts were gathered by the
author during countless interviews. In Freedom's Children,
Levine exposes the simple courage of everyday people who,
although they never gained fame, recognized the time to
stand, and the time to sit solidly where you will. With a
writer's skill and an activist's viewpoint, the author
offers the stories in chronological order beginning with
segregation and building with power and pain towards
Selma.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194) and index.