The wrong side of Murder Creek : a White southerner in the freedom movement /

The wrong side of Murder Creek : a White southerner in the freedom movement / Bob Zellner with Constance Curry ; foreword by Julian Bond.

Former field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Bob Zellner reflects on his life, focusing on his years as a civil rights activist from 1960 to 1967, and the many obstacles he faced and people he met while fighting for equality.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zellner, Bob.
Other Authors: Curry, Constance, 1933-2020.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2008]
Subjects:
Zellner, Bob.
Civil rights workers > Southern States > Biography.
White people > Alabama > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Growing up in L.A. (lower Alabama)
  • Biscuit man
  • Race relations 402
  • The Huntingdon five
  • Under the influence
  • Freedom riders in Montgomery
  • The highs of highlander
  • My September 11th farewell
  • Briefcase and broom
  • Murder and mayhem in McComb
  • Working on the chain gang
  • Criminal anarchy in Baton Rouge
  • Organizing in Talladega
  • George Wallace and me
  • John Brown: live like him
  • "This is not a social call"
  • How gladly they stood
  • Seeing stars
  • Seed pod explosion
  • Train wreck
  • Goodbye and GROW
  • Fundi: passing it on
  • Up South.

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