Alston Fitts III is a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who earned a master’s degree from Harvard University in 1964 and a PhD in English from the University of Chicago in 1974. A former English teacher, Fitts served for decades as the director of information and principal fundraiser for the Edmundite Missions, a Catholic organization based in Selma.
There is a palpable even-handedness about this book. It could serve
as a common frame of reference for all of Selma's citizens, black
and white, and certainly for people in other places, including
other parts of Alabama; it offers a font of useful information."
—Frye Gaillard, author of Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the
Movement that Changed America
“What makes this book so worthwhile in my view is its discussion of
the complexity of race since the days of the civil rights movement.
Like so many communities that went through the civil rights
movement, race remains a significant issue that can lead to open
conflict with the slightest spark. Fitts shows how explosive the
issue of race continued to be.” —Wilson Fallin Jr., author of
Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
