The education of a Black radical : a Southern civil rights activist's journey, 1959-1964 / D'Army Bailey ; with Roger Easson ; foreword by Nikki Giovanni.

Author/creator Bailey, D'Army
Other author Easson, Roger R.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxiv, 237 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Bailey, D'Army, 1941-2015
Southern University and A & M College--Biography.
Northern Student Movement--History.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
Radicals--United States. --Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights. --Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--Southern States. --History. --20th century.
Student movements--Louisiana. --Baton Rouge. --History. --20th century.
Southern States--Race relations. --History. --20th century.
Northeastern States--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

Contents Growing up in Memphis -- On to Scotlandville -- Protest comes to Scotlandville -- Klieg lights and microphones -- How to kill a protest -- Encounters of the NSA kind -- NSA summer camp transformations -- Singing in the tear gas -- Arrested development -- An offensive Christmas -- Eye to eye with the enemy -- Expulsion, dismissal -- Turning the page -- A siege mentality -- The journey home -- Radical is as radical does -- The L-word -- Provocateur -- The original X man -- Brother Rat -- DARE -- Encounters of the first kind -- DARE in action -- The March on Washington -- A bona fide Negro.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2009008301
ISBN9780807134764 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807134767 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E185.97.B15 A3 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold