ISBN: 0807823384

[SR: 7035888], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780807823385], The University of North Carolina Press, The University of North Carolina Press, Book, [PU: The University of North Carolina Press], The Uni… More...

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1973, ISBN: 9780807823385

When the Supreme Court declared in 1954 that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, the highest echelons of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish religious organizations enthusiastic… More...

When the Supreme Court declared in 1954 that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, the highest echelons of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish religious organizations enthusiastically supported the ruling; and black civil rights workers expected and actively sought the cooperation of their white religious cohorts. Many white southern clergy, however, were outspoken in their defense of segregation, and even those who supported integration were wary of risking their positions by urging parishioners to act on their avowed religious beliefs in a common humanity. Those who did so found themselves abandoned by friends, attacked by white supremacists, and often driven from their communities.Michael Friedland here offers a collective biography of several southern and nationally known white religious leaders who did step forward to join the major social protest movements of the mid-twentieth century, lending their support first to the civil rights movement and later to protests over American involvement in Vietnam. Profiling such activists as William Sloane Coffin Jr., Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Eugene Carson Blake, Robert McAfee Brown, and Will D. Campbell, he reveals the passions and commitment behind their involvement in these protests and places their actions in the context of a burgeoning ecumenical movement. Media > Book, [PU: University of North Carolina Press]<

1973, ISBN: 9780807823385

University of North Carolina Press, 1998-04-01. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover/No Jacket as issued. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. Feels unread. Tan cloth boards… More...

University of North Carolina Press, 1998-04-01. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover/No Jacket as issued. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding tight and square. Feels unread. Tan cloth boards clean, sharp, and crisp., University of North Carolina Press, 1998-04-01<

1973, ISBN: 9780807823385

Hardcover book. 336 pages. Published by University of North Carolina Press (1998) Media > Book, [PU: University of North Carolina Press]