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The Rest of the Dream. The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson.
Johnson, Lyman T; Hall, Wade H
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Hardback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
In The Rest of the Dream, Lyman Johnson, grassroots civil rights leader, tells his own story. All four of Johnson's grandparents were slaves in Tennessee. Yet his father was a college graduate, principal of a black school, and the inspiration for his son's love of justice. Lyman Johnson was born in 1906 during the darkest days of segregation. He learned from his father not to sit in the "crow's nest" reserved for blacks in his hometown movie theater. This refusal to accept second-class citizenship became a guiding principle in Johnson's life. Johnson was almost forty-three when he won admission ... Read more
In The Rest of the Dream, Lyman Johnson, grassroots civil rights leader, tells his own story. All four of Johnson's grandparents were slaves in Tennessee. Yet his father was a college graduate, principal of a black school, and the inspiration for his son's love of justice. Lyman Johnson was born in 1906 during the darkest days of segregation. He learned from his father not to sit in the "crow's nest" reserved for blacks in his hometown movie theater. This refusal to accept second-class citizenship became a guiding principle in Johnson's life. Johnson was almost forty-three when he won admission ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813116747
SKU
V9780813116747
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