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The Making of Black Revolutionaries: Illustrated Edition

This eloquent and provocative autobiography, originally published in 1972, records a day by day, sometimes hour by hour, compassionate account of the events that took place in the streets, meetings, churches, jails, and in people's hearts and minds in the 1960s civil rights movement.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 608 pages

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