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Speak Now Against the Day

The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South

Speak Now Against the Day( )
Author: Egerton, John
Series title:Chapel Hill Bks.
ISBN:978-0-8078-4557-8
Publication Date:Nov 1995
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $53.00
Book Description:

This text provides the story of the earliest calls for desegregation and racial justice in the years preceding the civil rights era in the South of America.

Book Details
Pages:768
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Civil Rights
Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.12 x 9.25 x 1.69 Inches
Book Weight:0.5 Pounds
Author Biography
Egerton, John (Author)
John Egerton was born on June 14, 1935. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky after serving two years in the Army and then went into public relations. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1965 to work for the Southern Education Reporting Service, which monitored integration efforts following the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The job led to a prolific career filled with newspaper jobs, magazine assignments and books.

His first book, A Mind to Stay Here, was published in 1970. During his lifetime, he wrote 10 historical and literary books and contributed to several more as a writer and editor. His other works include The Americanization of Dixie: The Southernization of America and Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History. He won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South and the Lillian Smith Book Award for Generations: An American Family.

He was the co-creator of the documentary A Child Shall Lead Them, about the desegregation of Nashville's schools. He co-founded the Southern Foodways Alliance, dedicated to Southern food and culture. He died of an apparent heart attack on November 21, 2013 at the age of 78.

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