by David Margolick, Carrington MacDuffie
The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation, and is an epic moment in the civil rights movement. This text tells the story of two separate lives unexp...
I must say that the first two thirds of this book found me having such a visceral reaction of disgust that, although I knew I needed to continue on, I found myself consistently angry and appalled. I have absolutely no issues with reading books on the South during the Civil War years, yet find myself...
A fascinating, engrossing portrait of these two women and a poignant, unstettling story about the difficult path to forgiveness, healing, and reconciliation.
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