An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (25th Anniversary Edition)

by Andrew Young

Overview

25th Anniversary Edition

An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781737800415
Publisher:	Jsj Enterprises & Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	11/16/2021
Edition description:	4th Anniversary ed. Large Print
Pages:	776
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.63(d)

About the Author

Andrew Young is a living legend. He was an activist for the civil rights movement alongside Martin Luther King Jr. He became a member of Congress, mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.