Bitter Harvest: Richmond Flowers and the Civil Rights Revolution

by John Hayman

Bitter Harvest traces the development of Richmond Flowers, a color politician who began his career as a segregationist but who, as Attorney General of Alabama, fought bitterly against Governor George Wallace in trying to support the Constitution. In the process, he sacrificed his political career. Flowers was elected Attorney General in 1962. A likable storyteller who had served in the state senate, Flowers came into office promising like the rest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603063714
• ISBN13: 9781603063715
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"