Wayne Greenhaw: 4 books
Fighting the Devil in Dixie
How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Examining the growth of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) following the birth of the civil rights movement, this book is filled with tales of the heroic efforts to halt their rise to power. Shortly after the success of the Montgomery bus boycott, the KKK-determined to keep segregation as the way of life in...
The Remembered Gate
Memoirs By Alabama Writers
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This collection of reflective essays–all exploring themes of artistic self-discovery and regional awareness–showcases 19 nationally known writers who have roots in Alabama.
In The Remembered Gate, nationally prominent fiction writers, essayists, and poets recall how their formative years...
The Thunder of Angels
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the People Who Broke the Back of Jim Crow
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
The heroism of those involved in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott is presented here in poignant and thorough detail. The untold stories of those, both black and white, whose lives were forever changed by the boycott are shared, along with a chilling glimpse into the world of the white council...
He Slew the Dreamer
My Search for the Truth about James Earl Ray and the Murder of Martin Luther King
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Author William Bradford Huie was one of the most celebrated figures of twentieth-century journalism. A pioneer of "checkbook journalism," he sought the truth in controversial stories when the truth was hard to come by. In the case of James Earl Ray, Huie paid Ray and his original attorneys...