Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} My Soul Looks Back in Wonder Voices of the Civil Rights Experience by Juan Williams The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories. Collection Description (CRHP): AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress sponsored the Voices of Civil Rights project. Oral history videos and sound recordings were collected from August to October 2004 during a 70-day Voices of Civil Rights Bus Tour. The collection also includes letters and short memoirs concerning the civil rights movement. The project also produced the book, "My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience" (Sterling, 2004), a volume of personal narratives collected by author Juan Williams with commentary by David Halberstam and Marian Wright Edelman. In 2005, the History Channel aired a documentary with video clips. The project includes approximately 1550 interviews and 1600 manuscripts. Access Copy Note: The collection is currently being processed. Date(s): 2003-2006. Existing IDs: AFC 2005/015. Extent: 303 audiocassettes; 282 videocassettes ; 1606 manuscripts. Language: English. Interviewees: Juan Andrade, William Baxley, Gerald Beale, Grace Boggs, Ruben Bonilla, Heather Booth, St. Clair Bourne, Raglawni Branch, Annye Braxton, Susan Brownmiller, John Carlos, L. Clifford Davis, Jim Dickinson, David Dinkins, Juanita Doty, J. Epps, John Fife, Karl Fleming, Clarence Fountain, Barney Frank, Isabel Garcia, Clarence Gields, Carolyn Goodman, Curtis Graves, Percy Green, J. A. Gutierrez, Lucy Durr Hackney, Rosario Halpern, Suzan Harjo, Joe Hernandez, Nancy Hite, Endesha Holland, Rachelle Horowitz, Vernon Jarrett, B. B. King, Ron Kirk, Yuri Kochiyama, Stewart Kwoh, Samuel B. Kyles, Moon Landrieu, James Lawson, Sammy Lee, Mike Lout, Diane McWhorter, Quentin Mease, Deborah Meier, Sputnik Monroe, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Tawanda Murray, Charles Oldham, Alvin Poussaint, Carleton Pride, Vernon Reid, Eugene Rivers, Constancia Dinky, Romilly, Billy Rowles, Norman Seay, Barbara Shores, Helen Shores, Jerome Smith, Toyin Spellman, Michelle Steger, Goodloe Sutton, Carol Swann-Daniels, Rich Tafel, Larry Thompson, Charles Tisdale, Alice Tisdale, Erin Uyeshima, Richard West, Diane Wilson, Eddie Wilson, Jeff Wurnow, Joyce Yamamato, William Zabel, Antona Ebo, Hilario Romero, Ricardo Guzman, Alida Montiel, Gil Martinez, Elfriede Bennett, Bessie Lee Sherrod, Thimothy Ahrens, Effie Jones-Bowers, Curtis Sykes, Chizuko Ohira, Ted Ohira, Ashanti Hamilton, Eleanor Young, Doris Evans-Russell, Guy Russell, Jack Alexander, Gwendolyn Crimm, Theresa Joiner, William Potter, Leola Brown Montgomery, Walter Cates, Hazel Whitney, Michael Yellowbird, Mary Mays, William Minner, Leroy Homes, Jr., Anna Herron, Rutha Harris, Nathaniel Briggs, Octavia Briggs, James Jacksons, Willie Lovelace. Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights. MEDIA ADVISORY. Juan Williams to Speak on the Civil Rights Movement in Conjunction with Witness to History: The March on Washington exhibit. WASHINGTON – Juan Williams, author of “My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience,” will speak on July 21, 2007 in the Department of the Interior Auditorium. This presentation, which is in conjunction with the Department of the Interior Museum exhibit Witness to History: The March on Washington, is free and open to the public. A senior correspondent for National Public Radio and Emmy Award-winning writer and television correspondent, Juan Williams will speak on how the historical struggle for civil rights has transformed American life. The battle for civil rights touched the lives of every American and the movement continues to be a force in America. A book signing will follow the lecture. My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience by Juan Williams. Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Pundit, Radio Personality. Nationality: United States Executive summary: commentator. Juan Williams was a long-time reporter for who left that paper in 1999 to host National Public Radio's daily radio chat program, Talk of the Nation . He later became a successful author and worked as a centrist political analyst for NPR and Fox News. He was fired by NPR in 2010 after making this seemingly unremarkable statement, which the radio network deemed anti-Muslim bigotry: Father: Roger (athletic trainer) Mother: Alma (seamstress) Wife: Susan Delise (m. 1-Jul-1978, two children) Son: Antonio Williams. High School: Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie, NY (1972) University: BA Philosophy, Haverford College (1976) Author of books: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 ( 1987 , history) Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary ( 1998 , biography) This Far by Faith: Stories from the African American Religious Experience ( 2003 , history) I'll Find a Way or Make One: A Tribute to Historically Black Colleges and Universities ( 2004 , nonfiction) My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience ( 2004 , nonfiction) Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-end Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America -- and What We Can Do About It ( 2006 , social studies) Black Farmers in America ( 2006. , photography) Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate ( 2011 , politics) Civil Rights Resource Guide. Bass, S. Jonathan. Blessed are the Peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.[Catalog Record] Blake, John. Children of the Movement: The Sons and Daughters of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, , Elaine Brown, and Others Reveal How the Civil Rrights Movement Tested and Transformed Their Families . Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2004. [Catalog Record] Donaldson, Gary A. The Second Reconstruction: A History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing, 2000. [Catalog Record ] Garrow, David J. Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference . New York: W. Morrow, 1986. [Catalog Record] Jonas, Gilbert. Freedom’s Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle Against Racism in America, 1909-1969 . New York: Routledge, 2005. [Catalog Record] Murphree, Vanessa. The Selling of Civil Rights: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Use of Public Relations . New York: Routledge, 2006. [Catalog Record] Osborne, Linda Barrett. Women of the Civil Rights Movement . San Francisco: Pomegranate; Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 2006. [Catalog Record] Romano, Renee C., ed. The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory . Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006. [Catalog Record] Rose, Thomas. Black Leaders, Then and Now: A Personal History of Students Who Led the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s--and What Happened to Them: Julian Bond, Senator, Atlanta, Georgia: Marion Barry, Mayor, Washington, DC: Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Television Correspondent, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour . Youth Project; Garrett Park, MD: Distributed by Garrett Park Press, 1984. [Catalog Record] Sargent, Frederic O. The Civil Rights Revolution: Events and Leaders, 1955-1968 . Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2004. [Catalog Record] Williams, Juan. My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience . New York: AARP/Sterling, 2004. [Catalog Record] Wilson, Bobby M. Race and Place in Birmingham: The Civil Rights and Neighborhood Movements . Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000. [Catalog Record] For Younger Readers. Archer, Jules. They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X . New York: Viking, 1993. [Catalog Record] Engelbert, Phillis. American Civil Rights: Primary Sources . Detroit: U·X·L, 1999. [Catalog Record] Gary, Jeffrey. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Life of a Civil Rights Leader . New York: Rosen, 2007. [Catalog Record] George, Charles. Civil Rights: The Struggle for Black Equality . San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001. [Catalog Record] Howard, Melanie A. The Civil Rights Marches . Edina, MN: Abdo Daughters, 2004. [Catalog Reccord] Hull, Mary. Rosa Parks: Civil Rights Leader . Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2005. [Catalog Record] McKissack, Patricia. The Civil Rights Movement in America: From 1865 to the Present . Chicago: Childrens Press, 1991. [Catalog Record] Miller, Calvin Craig. No Easy Answers: Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement . Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Publisher, 2005. [Catalog Record] Sirimarco, Elizabeth. The Civil Rights Movement . New York: Benchmark Books/Marshall Cavendish, 2005. [Catalog Record] My Soul Looks Back in Wonder : Voices of the Civil Rights Experience. Juan Williams's timely, compelling, and critically acclaimed book about the civil rights movement is now available in paperback, with a special, extended readers' group guide. Published in collaboration with the AARP. 58,000 copies sold! Deeply personal in tone, and powerful in the extreme, My Soul Looks Back in Wonder presents stirring eyewitness accounts from people who played active roles in the civil rights movement over the past 50 years. All the narratives are drawn from AARP's Voices of Civil Rights project, and they present a wide-ranging picture of the struggle. This new and helpful readers' group guide includes a clear and succinct introduction especially directed to those studying the book; thought-provoking questions for discussion; praise for the author; and a brief author biography. Juan Williams doesn't merely retell familiar tales about this tumultuous time: he showcases stories of personal transformation that bring a pivotal moment in American history profoundly alive. And it isn't just about the past: the vivid language and intimate experiences that unfold on every page reveal just how much the civil rights revolution remains a vital force today. Every speaker makes clear that the fight for equality must continue now, and into the future. "David Halberstam provides an excellent overview. the combination of analysis and intimacy with powerful documentary photos makes for gripping narrative. Best of all are the connections with contemporary struggles for equality. Marion Wright Edelman's final impassioned essay speaks for the millions of all races who continue to be 'left behind in our land of plenty.'"-- Booklist. "Individual transformation is the organizing theme. The stories seem fresh because events played out differently for each contributor."-- Washington Post. Отзывы - Написать отзыв. LibraryThing Review. This is an insightful, well-written chronology of the Civil Rights Movement. Looking at issues that sparked the movement, such as the blatant murder of , the injustice of not being allowed . Читать весь отзыв.