This bright light of ours stories from the 1965 Voting Rights fight

This bright light of ours : stories from the 1965 Voting Rights fight / Maria Gitin.

Author/creator	Gitin, Maria
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University Alabama Press, 2014.
Description	xvi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Gitin, Maria. Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) African Americans--Suffrage --Southern States. African Americans--Suffrage --Alabama. Voter registration--Southern States. Voter registration--Alabama. Civil rights workers--California --Biography. Civil rights movements--Alabama --History. Civil rights movements--Southern States --History . Southern States--Race relations. Alabama--Race relations.

Series	Modern south
Abstract	"This Bright Light of Ours combines a memoir with oral history to create a very vivid portrait of the Freedom Summer of 1965 in Wilcox County, Alabama, when volunteers and long-standing local black leaders were shaking the cultural norms, registering thousands of new voters. This book documents the first-person experience of Maria Gitin, an idealistic 18-year-old college freshman from San Francisco who felt called to action when she viewed televised images of the brutal treatment of peaceful demonstrators during what became known as Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013045587
ISBN	9780817318178 (cloth)

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