Another Sojourner Looking for Truth
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Another Sojourner Looking for Truth

My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond

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Another Sojourner Looking for Truth

My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond

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Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justice

Millicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle for racial justice, and those experiences set her on a life course dedicated to the civil rights struggle. Best known as the named plaintiff in the federal court case that, in 1963, forced the initial desegregation of public schools in South Carolina, her experiences as an activist range across years and well beyond her native state. Another Sojourner Looking for Truth is Brown's insightful reflection on her search for freedom in a nation deeply mired in white supremacist beliefs and overt violence against people of color.

In this revealing memoir, Brown writes about her fears and doubts, as well as the challenges of being a teenager expected to "represent the race" and combat negative stereotypes of African Americans. Readers also gain perspective on the interpersonal aspects of white backlash to civil rights progress and strategic machinations within the movement. Overall, Brown's words will inform, inspire, and challenge everyone to better understand the Black Freedom Struggle and confront its ongoing challenges.

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Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9781643364926
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Another Sojourner Looking for Truth
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Preface
  9. 1 “270” Part One
  10. 2 “270” Part Two
  11. 3 “I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table”: Highlander Folk School
  12. 4 “Get Her Dressed Up Pretty, MaeDe, We’re Going Downtown”
  13. 5 “My Name Is Freedom!”
  14. 6 “The Dippity-Doo Revolution”; or, Grown-Ups Don’t Have a Clue
  15. 7 Just “Integrating Fools”
  16. 8 “The South Is Anything below Canada”
  17. 9 “Coming Home to Daddy King”
  18. 10 “Mississippi Goddam”
  19. 11 California Dreaming
  20. 12 Coloring between the Lines
  21. 13 Change Is Not Always Progress: The More Things Change, the More . . .
  22. 14 Remembering the Past, Imagining the Future
  23. Major Influences
  24. Major Honors and Recognitions
  25. Index