TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patton,Gwendolyn M.
AU  - Moses,Robert Parris
TI  - My race to freedom
SN  - 1603064516
AV  - F334.M753 
U1  - 323.092B 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Montgomery
PB  - NewSouth Books
KW  - Patton, Gwendolyn M.,
KW  - Patton family.
KW  - Patton family
KW  - African American women civil rights workers
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Montgomery
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American civil rights workers
KW  - Civil rights workers
KW  - Défenseuses des droits de l'homme noires américaines
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains
KW  - Défenseurs des droits de l'homme
KW  - fast
KW  - Families
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Montgomery (Ala.)
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Detroit (Mich.)
KW  - Michigan
KW  - Detroit
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "The civil rights movement was defined by figures thrust into positions of importance; be they participants in a sit-in, a Freedom Rider, or marching in protest, those involved with the movement didn't imagine being in that position ten years earlier. Gwendolyn Patton's life centered around Detroit, Michigan, until she came to Montgomery in 1956 to visit relatives and found herself in the midst of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. That experience sparked a lifetime of civil rights activism, as Patton became a member of the Montgomery Improvement Association, supported the Freedom Riders, organized students in Tuskegee, and participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery march as a young woman. Patton came to call Montgomery her home, and the movement and its continuing legacy became the most important aspect of her life. 'My Race to Freedom' is the story of how a young woman found her voice and used it to help her community"--
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