{"product_id":"speak-now-against-the-day-the-generation-before-the-civil-rights-movement-in-the-south-9780807845578","title":"Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South","description":"The compelling story of the earliest calls for desegregation and racial justice in the South. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMake room on your library shelf . . . for John Egerton's magnificent \u003ci\u003eSpeak Now Against the Day\u003c\/i\u003e. His book is a stunning achievement: a sprawling, engrossing, deeply moving account of those Southerners, black and white, who raised their voices to challenge the South's racial mores. . . . [This] is an eloquent and passionate book, and . . . one we cannot afford to forget.--Charles B. Dew, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rich and inspiring story. . . . [Egerton] has uncovered a buried treasure.--Studs Terkel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] superb book, measured but eloquent.--Dan T. Carter, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Egerton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.12w x 1.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807845578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/29\/1995 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/1995 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1995 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Egerton (1935-2013), an independent nonfiction writer, wrote extensively on his native South. He is author of more than a dozen books, including \"The Americanization of Dixie\" and \"Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40161638711411,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_40f47b9c-4a3b-45c1-890f-332648b3f3bd.jpg?v=1654955510","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/speak-now-against-the-day-the-generation-before-the-civil-rights-movement-in-the-south-9780807845578","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}