Promotional Information

The civil rights movement was, at heart, a religious movement, yet there are relatively few books that locate some of the key developments of that movement in the churches, especially as ably as Shearer has done here. -- Perry Bush, Bluffton University

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1. A Separated History
Chapter 2. Prayer-Covered Protest
Chapter 3. Fresh Air Disruption
Chapter 4. Vincent Harding's Dual Demonstration
Chapter 5. The Wedding March
Chapter 6. Congregational Campaign
Chapter 7. The Manifesto Movement
Chapter 8. A New Civil Rights Story
Appendix. Interview Subjects
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Tobin Miller Shearer is an assistant professor of history and the African-American Studies coordinator at the University of Montana.

Reviews

A unique book which brings to light many important events in the life of the Mennonite Church. -- David L. Sauder Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Recommended. Choice One of the most interesting works of Mennonite history in some time. -- Steven P. Miller Mennonite Quarterly Review Daily Demonstrators offers a unique examination of under-explored aspects of the American civil rights movement. -- Janis Thiessen Oral History Forum Daily Demonstrators is well written, and Shearer's conclusions are sound... It is a must read for scholars of the civil rights movement and twentieth-century Mennonite history. It is also recommended for those interested in twentieth-century race relations. With this work, Shearer has taken a difficult subject and woven his evidence into a usable narrative that reveals a striking portrait of resistance, ambivalence,personalized protest, and a concern for justice among American Mennonites during the mid-twentieth century. -- Nicholas A. Krehbiel Journal of Religion Admirably argued and well researched. -- Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas Brethren in Christ Life and Thought It shows that the accomplishments of the civil rights movement cannot reasonably be attributed to a few charismatic individuals or a few mass-based nationwide organizations. -- Lee Roy Berry, Jr. Conrad Grebel Review Shearer's focus on the intimate aspects of activism is a scholarly direction to appreciate. -- Rebecca Barrett-Fox Journal of American History A careful, compassionate, but critical study of the Mennonites and the civil rights movement from 1918 to 1971. -- Charles W. Eagles National Political Science Review Daily Demonstrators presents a new and much-needed perspective on the African American freedom struggle from the 1940s to the 1970s. -- Eric R. Jackson Journal of African American History