The shame of southern politics essays and speeches /
Leslie Dunbar.
- Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2002.
- 1 online resource (204 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction by Dan Carter (2001); Preface (2001); 1 The Annealing of the South (1961); 2 Civil Rights and Civil Duties (1962); 3 The Changing Mind of the South: The Exposed Nerve (1964); 4 An Excerpt from My Foreword to Climbing Jacob's Ladder:The Arrival of Negroes in Southern Politics (1967); 5 Remarks to the [National Civil Liberties Clearing House (1968); 6 Remarks to the Mississippi Council on Human Relations (1975); 7 Remarks to the Southern Regional Council (1977); 8 The South: Then and Now (1978); 9 Excerpts from Minority Report (1987). 10 Not by Law Alone: Brown in Retrospect (1994)11 What to Make of the Old Civil Rights Movement:A Partial and Partisan View (2000); 12 1968: A Reflection (2001-2002); Notes.
As a leader of the Southern Regional Council in the early 1960s, and later as executive director of the Field Foundation, Leslie Dunbar's advocacy and behind-the-scenes organizing made him one of the most significant (but least recognized) people in the civil rights movement. His essays and speeches often helped set the agenda. They also continue to offer a prophetic voice in our struggle to create a more humane and fully integrated America. The Shame of Southern Politics gathers for the first time fourteen of Dunbar's essays and speeches on the courage and values of the southern civil rights.