Description:
This cultural biography illustrates how Birmingham World editor Emory O. Jackson fought for civil rights in Alabama between 1940 and 1975, and links that struggle to present-day issues such as Black Lives Matter, police violence, and disenfranchisement.
Review Quotes: "Emory O. Jackson at last has the biographer he has long deserved. As editor of the Birmingham World, he was first to cover fully the Montgomery Bus Boycott and he led the years-long effort to desegregate the University of Alabama. He also advocated voting rights and justice related to police violence and the bombing of churches, homes, and businesses. Through all the turmoil of the Civil Rights Movement, Emory Jackson's hand was forever present. Now his story is told by gifted historian Kimberley Mangun, who links his fight for equal rights to present-day issues and topics including voter disenfranchisement, officer-involved shootings, and #BlackLivesMatter." --E. Culpepper Clark, Dean and Professor Emeritus, the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia; Author of The Schoolhouse Door: Segregation's Last Stand at the University of Alabama, a Notable Book Selection by The New York Times Book Review