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OverviewBorn in Wisconsin's North Woods during the Great Depression. Father, out of work, in Civilian Conservation Corps.. At age 3, aunts gave him a black cocker spaniel dog, and they named it nigger. Lived in a whites-only paper mill town. But by the time he was a senior at the University of Wisconsin (mentored by Jesse Jackson associate Ed Ridick), Whitey almost single-handedly reignited a civil rights movement that McCarthyism had killed. His spark grew into the Northern Student Movement supporting 1960s Southern sit-ins. In New York City, he did pro bono photos of decrepit housing for Brooklyn Congress of Racial Equality, and seeing children living in such squalor got him hooked on activism. He joined Brooklyn CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and worked alongside soon to be Congressman Major Owens and Sony Carson.... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Franklynn PetersonPublisher: Createspace Imprint: Createspace Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.434kg ISBN: 9781490531489ISBN 10: 1490531483 Pages: 322 Publication Date: 05 August 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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