Derek Charles Catsam is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
"" Freedom's Main Line helps us understand the racial tensions,
hostilities, bigotry and discrimination rampant in the 1950s and
60s." -- Christian News" --
"" Freedom's Main Line is a compelling, spellbinding examination of
a pivotal event in civil rights history, and it should appeal to
both a lay and professional audience.... By layering the flesh of
human interest over well-formed scholarly bones, Catsam has created
a highly readable and dramatic account of a major turning point not
just in the Civil Rights Movement, but in recent U.S. history."--
Journal of African-American History" --
"" Freedom's Main Line is based on research in a wide variety of
archives and newspapers, and it reflects a solid grasp of the
historiography of the era.... A well-written account of an
important aspect of the struggle for racial equality in the United
States." -- Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" --
""[Catsam] is presenting an ever-evolving American history, a
concept underscored by the presentation of the book and reinforced
by our recent election, which has presented us with a moment to
look back and forward to the next stage of Freedom's Main Line." --
Chattanooga Free Press" --
""A vivid, readable narrative.... Catsam gives a clear sense of
what the movement was up against, while insisting that the cost of
pursuing justice need not be so high." -- Journal of American
History" --
""An outstanding narrative of a transformative movement."--
American Studies" --
""Besides being impeccably researched and offering its readers a
gripping tale, this multilayered interpretation lifts Catsam's work
a cut above most civil rights narratives, all without sacrificing
the rich stories of individual participants."-- American Historical
Review" --
""Catsam has given us a history of pivotal political events that
honors continuity and change, individual stories and political
structures, and leadership and mass mobilization." -- North
Carolina Historical Review" --
""Catsam is a master storyteller, and his prose is engaging and
captivating. His narrative is reveting, and is written with a
dramatic flair befitting the steely determination and the
unshakeable convictions of these dedicated activists, none of whose
lives would ever be the same after their history-making journey
into the heart of Dixie. Meticulously researched and gracefully
written, this book is a remarkable achievement and is destined to
become an important study of the black freedom struggle." -- Robert
A. Pratt, author of We Shall Not be Moved: The Desegregaton of the
University of Georgia" -- Robert A. Pratt, author of We Shall Not
Be Moved: The Desegregation of the Unive
""Catsam's highly readable account of both the 1947 Journey of
Reconciliation and the 1961 Freedom Rides illustrates the link
between both events, but also encourages us to reconsider the
timeline and significance of interstate transportation integration
in the long Civil Rights Movement."-- Southern Historian" --
""Offers new interpretation of the freedom rides of 1961, arguing
that the campaign was central to the transition that occurred in
the civil rights movement during the 1960s.... A welcome addition."
-- Journal of Southern History" --
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