Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham

We Didn’t Know it was History until after it Happened

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
Cover of the book Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham by Sandra K. Gill, Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sandra K. Gill ISBN: 9783319471365
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: November 8, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Sandra K. Gill
ISBN: 9783319471365
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: November 8, 2016
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This illuminating volume examines how the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama developed as a trauma of culture. Throughout the book, Gill asks why the “four little girls” killed in the bombing became part of the nation’s collective memory, while two black boys killed by whites on the same day were all but forgotten. Conducting interviews with classmates who attended a white school a few blocks from some of the most memorable events of the Civil Rights Movement, Gill discovers that the bombing of the church is central to interviewees’ memories. Even the boy killed by Gill’s own classmates often escapes recollection. She then considers these findings within the framework of the reception of memory and analyzes how white southerners reconstruct a difficult past.  

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This illuminating volume examines how the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama developed as a trauma of culture. Throughout the book, Gill asks why the “four little girls” killed in the bombing became part of the nation’s collective memory, while two black boys killed by whites on the same day were all but forgotten. Conducting interviews with classmates who attended a white school a few blocks from some of the most memorable events of the Civil Rights Movement, Gill discovers that the bombing of the church is central to interviewees’ memories. Even the boy killed by Gill’s own classmates often escapes recollection. She then considers these findings within the framework of the reception of memory and analyzes how white southerners reconstruct a difficult past.  

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Income Modeling and Balancing by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Plotting Motherhood in Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern Literature by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book REBT in the Treatment of Subclinical and Clinical Depression by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Handbook of Big Data Technologies by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Ballistic Trauma by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Surgical Procedures on the Cirrhotic Patient by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Smart Energy in the Smart City by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Corpus Linguistics and Statistics with R by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Strain Mechanisms in Lead-Free Ferroelectrics for Actuators by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Design of FPGA-Based Computing Systems with OpenCL by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Multi-Disciplinary Digital Signal Processing by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Multicriteria and Clustering by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Peri-Urban Developments and Processes in Africa with Special Reference to Zimbabwe by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Understanding the Course of Social Reality by Sandra K. Gill
Cover of the book Respectable Deviance and Purchasing Medicine Online by Sandra K. Gill
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy