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Title: My Father Said Yes
Condition: New
Subtitle: A White Pastor in Little Rock School Integration
Author: Dunbar H. Ogden
Contributor: Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Foreword by)
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9780826515926
ISBN: 9780826515926
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences, Law & Politics
Release Date: 30/04/2008
Description: This is the story missing from Little Rock histories, the story of the remarkable collaboration between a white male pastor and a black female journalist, that led to a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and in education.This book describes the man who led the Little Rock Nine.""My Father Said Yes"" is the untold story of the Reverend Dunbar Ogden, who became the pro-integration leader in Little Rock's white community. He responded to a call for support from Daisy Bates, co-owner of the town's black newspaper. Both faced fierce opposition from within as well as from outside. Reverend Ogden lost his church and Daisy Bates lost her newspaper.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 256mm
Item Length: 186mm
Item Width: 18mm
Item Weight: 670g
Release Year: 2008

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