{"product_id":"a-church-a-school-pulitzer-prize-winning-civil-rights-editorials-from-the-atlanta-constitution-paperback","title":"A Church, a School: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Civil Rights Editorials from the Atlanta Constitution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph McGill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAngie Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph McGill (1898-1969) was the editor in chief of the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e during the turbulent years of the civil rights movement that followed \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education, \u003c\/i\u003e and he became an outspoken advocate for integration and racial tolerance in the South. In this Southern Classics edition, Angie Maxwell offers a new critical introduction that analyzes McGill's as an activist and advocate for social change.The editorials that compose \u003ci\u003eA Church, a School\u003c\/i\u003e marked McGill's emergence as a prolific advocate of nonviolence and social responsibility and evidenced the progressive values of the \u003ci\u003eConstitution. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Church, a School\u003c\/i\u003e contains twenty-nine editorials that elucidate the historical record of liberal Southern participation in the civil rights movement. This is not a record of what happened in the South in the late 1950s; rather it is a map of the intellectual and psychological terrain that liberal journalists, such as McGill, traveled and the obstacles they encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected columns from an editor and activist for integration and racial tolerance in the South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected columns from an editor and activist for integration and racial tolerance in the South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngie Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e is the Diane D. Blair Professor of Southern Studies and an assistant professor of political science at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUnlocking V. O. Key Jr.: Southern Politics for the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Ongoing Burden of Southern History: Politics and Identity in the Twenty-First-Century South.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799707844896,"sku":"9781611171297","price":32.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f021f6abbc8ebd89855e559a5e2ecf4.webp?v=1780820616","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-church-a-school-pulitzer-prize-winning-civil-rights-editorials-from-the-atlanta-constitution-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}