The sustainers, being, building and doing good through activism in the sacred spaces of civil rights, human rights and social movements, Catherine Fleming Bruce
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The sustainers, being, building and doing good through activism in the sacred spaces of civil rights, human rights and social movements, Catherine Fleming Bruce
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
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mapsillustrationsportraits
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The sustainers
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bibliography
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923323038
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Catherine Fleming Bruce
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being, building and doing good through activism in the sacred spaces of civil rights, human rights and social movements
Summary
"This book is a place where social actors in transformative times will find connection between servant-leaders like Medgar Evers and Malcolm X, who themselves have hallowed certain spaces with their sacrifices for justice, and the sustainers, who ensured the transformation of Robben Island Prison, the Selma to Montgomery Trail, and other sites into permanent symbols of equality. Builders, actors, preservers, scholars, storytellers and activists, by returning again and again to these sites, hallow these grounds anew. Through their stories, readers will find: inspiration to transform, restore and sustain landmarks of justice, in order to maintain the flame of many selfless acts, and by that light, to illuminate current and future efforts to transform society and bring forth the fruits of equality; information about the reinforcing power that sacred spaces of the struggle have, for all generations and groups of justice workers, whether their efforts takes digital, direct action, traditional, or non-hierarchical form; evolution of landmarks of the civil rights, human rights and social movements, and specific changes those landmarks must make in order to play a more integral and explicit role in bringing justice and equality for the marginalized."--Page [4] of cover
Table of contents
Introduction. McCrory's Five and Dime -- Part I: Being good: individual activivism and sacred spaces. Black Lives Matter memorials -- Visanska Starks House and Carriage House -- Freedom Riders Bus Museum -- Part II: Building good: advancing the common good by guarding hallowed grounds. Audubon Ballroom -- Modjeska Simkins House -- Robben Island Prison -- Part III: Doing good: enriching the civil rights information landscape. Lorraine Motel -- Medgar Evers House -- Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail -- Part IV: Future goods: frontiers of activism in consecrated sites. Mother Emanuel AME Church
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