Reaping the Whirlwind

by Robert Jeffe Norell and Robert J. Norrell

A narrative history of the civil rights movement in Tuskegee, Alabama, home to an unusually large professional class of African Americans capable of challenging the authority of white conservatives.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394536886
• ISBN13: 9780394536880
• Release Date: August 1985
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Grandfather mentioned

Everyone should purchase this book. It is a chapter that contains information about the murder of my maternal grandfather, Walter Gunn.

Beautifully written; a must-read for all.

Norrell's book gives a detailed story of the movement in Tuskegee, the home of Booker T. Washington. It clearly shows of the Macon County's progress away from the accommodationist views of Washington. For those who are not familiar with the movement outside the realms of Martin Luther King and others, Reaping the Whirlwind is a great source to fill your mind.

This Book is about the Struggle for Civil Rights in Tuskegee

The struggle for civil rights was a long and argous process, and Robert Norrell's Reaping the Whirlwind, is an example of how the movement progressed, grew, and eventually was successful. In his book he traces the lines of leadership at Tuskegee Institute in Macon County, Alabama. As the novel progresses, society increasingly adapts to the ideals behind an integrated community. The struggle for equality was not won as easliy as the court battles suggested rather, true equality could never have existed due to the white exodus of the "model city." This is an excellent portrayal of the events in this small town, and this novel should be mandatory reading in any civcs or Civil Rights History class