Sheyann Webb was eight years old and Rachel West was nine when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Selma; Alabama; on January 2; 1965. He came to organize non-violent demonstrations against discriminatory voting laws. Selma; Lord; Selma is their firsthand account of the events from that turbulent winter of 1965--events that changed not only the lives of these two little girls but the lives of all Alabamians and all Americans. From 1975 to 1979; award-winning journalist Frank Sikora conducted interviews with Webb and West; weaving their recollections into this luminous story of fear and courage; struggle and redemption that readers will discover is Selma; Lord; Selma.
#745728 in Books Univ Of Minnesota Press 2006-08-26Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .80 x 5.88l; .92 #File Name: 0816641692305 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Margarita Azmtiagood book11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Essential reading on Los AngelesBy P. M. FotschSouth Central L.A. looms large in our popular culture as the center of a dangerous underworld that must be contained and controlled. Finally we get a book that goes beyond the media's ominous depictions. Vargas spends time actually living in the neighborhood and getting to know the people there. He writes about their lives with honesty and compassion. Moreover; unlike many ethnographies of the "ghetto" he avoids the construction of a moral typology that measures behaviors against "mainstream values". Instead he recognizes the actions of residents as complex responses to a political economy and legal system that powerfully marginalizes them. Highly readable; this book should be studied by everybody who wants to know Los Angeles beyond the Hollywood fictions.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. James Key; Author of "Touch-and-Go"By James Darren KeyVargas takes an aggressive microscopic look at life in South Central Los Angeles. Gang violence; drug abuse; unemployment; inadequate schools are just some of the issues he examines. His historical perspective will help the reader gain a profound understanding of why so many people in this community continue to catch hell.As a person who grew up in this community; I can honestly say that Vargas has truly captured the essence of what life is like in the hood. No doubt the same social; political; economic and racial issues that permeated this community yesterday have not gone away. More work must be done! A must read for anyone who desires to learn more about life in South Central Los Angeles.
