Cradle of freedom : Alabama and the movement that changed America / Frye Gaillard.

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Prologue; Part One. Daybreak; 1. We Are Not Wrong; 2. The Resistance; 3. The Courts and the Klan; 4. The Price of Victory; Part Two. The Belly of the Beast; 5. A Ten Dollar Fine; 6. The Burning of the Bus; 7. The Message; 8. "The Line in the Dust"; Part Three. The Shadow of Death; 9. A History of Hate; 10. Bull Connor's Mistake; 11. "Keep on Pushing"; 12. The Schoolhouse Door; 13. "I Have a Dream"; 14. The Patent Leather Shoe; 15. Eyes on the Prize; Part Four. Revolution; 16. The Battle Plan; 17. Bloody Sunday; 18. "The Arc Is Long"; Part Five. Black Power.

19. The Martyrs and the Law20. The Black Panthers; 21. "A Messy Business"; 22. The Sheriff without a Gun; 23. Unfinished Business; Epilogue; Notes and Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.

Cradle of Freedom puts a human face on the story of the black American struggle for equality in Alabama during the 1960s. While exceptional leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis, and others rose up from the ranks and carved their places in history, the burden of the movement was not carried by them alone. It was fueled by the commitment and hard work of thousands of everyday people who decided that the time had come to take a stand. Cradle of Freedom is tied to the chronology of pivotal events occurring in Alabama the Montgomery b.

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