{"product_id":"down-to-now-reflections-on-the-southern-civil-rights-movement-9780820339443","title":"Down to Now: Reflections on the Southern Civil Rights Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart history and part meditation, \u003ci\u003eDown to Now\u003c\/i\u003e is a southern journalist's intensely personal account of the civil rights movement in the South during the 1960s. As a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal- Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e and then as a writer for the Southern Regional Council, Pat Watters followed the movement from the early days of sit-ins, marches, and freedom rides through the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and the Poor People's Campaign in the summer of 1968. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1971 and written mostly from the author's own recollections, tapes, and notes, the book blends detailed reportage of the dramatic events with insightful commentary on what the movement meant and why it declined. Eloquent and compassionate, \u003ci\u003eDown to Now\u003c\/i\u003e is, in Watter's words, \"a book about the movement by a white Southerner who did not participate in the movement--but whose life was essentially changed by it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pat Watters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820339443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAT WATTERS (1927-1999) had a long career as a reporter, after which he taught journalism at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He is the author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eClimbing Jacob's Ladder: The Arrival of Negroes in Southern Politics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe South and the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40195954933875,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0da1abf3-5404-4a22-a3de-379d556f0a75.jpg?v=1655992831","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/down-to-now-reflections-on-the-southern-civil-rights-movement-9780820339443","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}