Fighting the devil in Dixie [electronic resource] : how civil rights activists took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama / Wayne Greenhaw.

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Wayne Greenhaw recounts his life and experiences as a journalist covering the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, describing his interviews with Klan members, detectives, victims, civil rights leaders, and politicians, and discussing the history of Governor George C. Wallace.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Greenhaw, Wayne, 1940-
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2011.
Subjects:	Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Alabama > History. African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > History > 20th century. Alabama > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2011 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2011 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2011 (EBSCO) eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2011 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Fighting the Devil in Dixie: How Civil Rights Activists Took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Willie's first day
The legacy of Willie Edwards
Klan on trial
Hound-dog determined
"Fight everything segregated"
The making of a segregationist
The pair from Howard
"Segregation forever!"
Education of a liberal
Country-boy lawyer
The Alabama story
Requiem for Jimmie Lee Jackson
Don Quixote of the South
The Southern Courier
The rise of John Hulett
Southern Poverty Law Center
The people's attorney general
Breaking the Klan
"Forgive me, for I have sinned'
"Like a mighty stream."