Outside Agitator
The Civil Rights Struggle of Cleveland Sellers Jr
Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press, [2018]
Format: Book
Description: xv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
"Adam Parker's incisive biography is about a proud black man who refuses to be defeated, whose tumultuous life story personifies America's continuing civil rights struggle."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Childhood in Denmark -- Generational divide -- Enter the students -- Initiation by fire -- A turning point -- Atlantic City -- In betrayal's wake -- Black power -- In charge -- Refusing the draft -- Under fire -- Legal wrangling, SNCC chaos -- The trials -- Entering a new life -- Off to prison -- Gaining traction in Greensboro -- Pardoned -- Within the establishment -- Closing the circle -- Inheritance.
Subjects:
Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography.
Voorhees College -- Biography.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- Southern States -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968.
Denmark (S.C.) -- Biography.
Southern States -- Race relations.
Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography.
Voorhees College -- Biography.
African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- Southern States -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States.
Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968.
Denmark (S.C.) -- Biography.
Southern States -- Race relations.
ISBN:
9781938235450
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Sellers, Cleveland | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Sellers, Cleveland | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.