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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
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From journalist Paul Kix, the riveting story, never before fully told, of the 1963 Birmingham Campaign—ten weeks that would shape the course of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of America.
It’s one of the iconic photographs of American history: A Black teenager, a policeman and his lunging German Shepherd. Birmingham, Alabama, May of 1963. In May of 2020, as reporter Paul Kix stared at a different photo–that of a Minneapolis police officer suffocating George Floyd–he kept returning to the other photo taken half a century earlier, haunted by its echoes. What, Kix wondered, was the full legacy of the Birmingham photo? And of the campaign it stemmed from?
In You Have To Be Prepared To Die Before You Can Begin To Live, Paul Kix takes the reader behind the scenes as he tells the story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s pivotal 10 week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. At the same time, he also provides a window into the minds of the four extraordinary men who led the campaign—Martin Luther King, Jr., Wyatt Walker, Fred Shuttlesworth, and James Bevel. With page-turning prose that read like a thriller, Kix’s book is the first to zero in on the ten weeks of Project C, as it was known—its specific history and its echoes sounding throughout our culture now. It’s about Where It All Began, for sure, but it’s also the key to understanding Where We Are Now and Where We Will Be. As the fight for equality continues on many fronts, Project C is crucial to our understanding of our own time and the impact that strategic activism can have.
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You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America
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Original price was: $30.00.$14.99Current price is: $14.99.
Keila –
This story spanned the 10-week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham Alabama. This story delves deep into the lives of Martin Luther King, Jr. Wyatt Walker, Fred Shuttlesworth and James Bevel. The campaign was known as project C and tied in events of the time and how they have played out in history. This book highlights the effects strategic activism can have and helps gain an understanding of how they work.
This was a tough read. The story read well, and was written more like a fiction novel instead of non-fiction which helped hold my interest in the story. I also went into this one blind, which was tough at times – but also led to a great understanding of what I was reading. I really enjoyed the writing and it gave me plenty to think about. It is always wonderful reading about people who have made such great differences in the lives we take for granted – and for that I am truly thankful. My only downside with this one was that at time it did feel that the author went too deep in the details, and it was long. Had a few things been kept at mentions versus having a full explanation I think I would have enjoyed it more overall. Still an amazing read though.
Lyndsey Martin –
Absolutely the best non-fiction I’ve read in a while. I love history and learned new things from this book. Highly recommend!
cfs –
Delivered timely and as described.
Linda F. Kurtz –
I am fairly familiar with civil rights history but this book is full of details and so well written it is hard to put down. The writer knows his stuff.
MossPeach –
I learned so much from the book at times. It was a little heavy to read but overall I’m so glad I did because I feel like I have a better understanding of the fight we fight today.
usrjm –
I thought I was and I am. So much I did not know so much I did not realize that went behind the scenes. If you want to know what it took for pepper too be free, I’d recommend taking the time.
Amazon Customer –
I read this book after reading King. I found it to be enlightening and a sincere well written description of the history of integration in 1963.
Chai and a Good Book –
The author does a masterful job of portraying the many civil rights workers as individuals with their own fears, doubts, clashes, egos, and foibles. He describes the repeated efforts that achieved little, as well as the eventual successes. I thought I knew the history fairly well, but I had a hard time putting this book down.