| Description |
x, 326 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Prophets Without Honor: The Travails of the Southern Clergy, 1954-1960 -- Ch. 2. Going South: Northern Clergy and Direct-Action Protests, 1960-1962 -- Ch. 3. The Call to Battle: The Churches and Synagogues Enter the Civil Rights Struggle, 1963 -- Ch. 4. Bringing Good News to the Oppressed: Clerical Organization in the North and South, 1964 -- Ch. 5. Flood Tide: Bearing Witness in Alabama, 1965 -- Ch. 6. Going Against the Grain: Clergy and the Antiwar Movement, 1963-1965 -- Ch. 7. A Voice for Moderation: Clergy and the Antiwar Movement, 1966-1967 -- Ch. 8. The Escalation of Dissent: The Antiwar Movement, 1967-1968 -- Ch. 9. The Costly Peace: The Antiwar Movement, 1968-1973 |
| Summary |
When the Supreme Court declared in 1954 that segregated schools were unconstitutional, the highest echelons of American religious organizations enthusiastically supported the ruling. Many white southern clergy, however, were outspoken in their defense of segregation, and even those who supported integration were wary of risking their positions. Those who did so found themselves abandoned by friends, attacked by white supremacists, and often driven from their communities. Michael Friedland offers a collective biography of several southern and nationally known white religious leaders - including William Sloane Coffin Jr., Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Eugene Carson Blake, Robert McAfee Brown, and Will D. Campbell - who did step forward to join the major social protest movements of the mid-twentieth century, lending their support first to the civil rights movement and later to protests over American involvement in Vietnam |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Boston College, 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index |
| Subject |
Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Clergy -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States -- History.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
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Whites -- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Whites -- United States -- Politics and government.
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| LC no. |
97018418 |
| ISBN |
0807823384 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0807846465 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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