The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement

by Bob Zellner and Constance Curry

Book Overview

Winner of the 2009 Lillian Smith Book Award

Even forty years after the civil rights movement, the transition from son and grandson of Klansmen to field secretary of SNCC seems quite a journey. In the early 1960s, when Bob Zellner's professors and classmates at a small church school in Alabama thought he was crazy for even wanting to do research on civil rights, it was nothing short of remarkable. Now, in his long-awaited memoir, Zellner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588383946
• ISBN13: 9781588383945
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Pros And Cons Of The Freedom Movement In The South

Extremely interesting reading ! I bought it for a gift to my''gifted''(!!!) niece ! Also with the dvd, the film made starting from this book by Spike Lee. Can't wait for her impressions ! Pretty sure she'll adore !