My Quest for a Beloved Community: An Appalachian Activist Emerges from the Sixties

As a Tennessee teenager, George Brosi joined his first picket line at a segregated laundromat in his hometown in 1961. A rebellious kid, he has continued to enjoy comical shenanigans while engaging in civil rights, peace, and Appalachian issues. His recurrent levity, but also his gravitas, is reinforced in this memoir by quotations from his voluminous FBI files and short roasts from acquaintances.

Brosi honestly evaluates his social movements’ strengths and weaknesses. He also keenly assess...