MemoriesandinsightsofalifetimefightingforBlackfreedomandsocialjusticeMillicentE.Brown’sfamilyhomeat270AshleyAvenueinCharleston,SouthCarolina,wasacenterofcivilrightsactivity.ThereBrowngainedintimateknowledgeofthestruggleforracialjustice,andthoseexperiencessetheronalifecoursededicatedtothecivilrightsstruggle.Bestknownasthenamedplaintiffinthefederalcourtcasethat,in1963,forcedtheinitialdesegregationofpublicschoolsinSouthCarolina,herexperiencesasanactivistrangeacrossyearsandwellbeyondhernativestate.AnotherSojournerLookingforTruthisBrown’sinsightfulreflectiononhersearchforfreedominanationdeeplymiredinwhitesupremacistbeliefsandovertviolenceagainstpeopleofcolor.Inthisrevealingmemoir,Brownwritesaboutherfearsanddoubts,aswellasthechallengesofbeingateenagerexpectedto“representtherace“andcombatnegativestereotypesofAfricanAmericans.Readersalsogainperspectiveontheinterpersonalaspectsofwhitebacklashtocivilrightsprogressandstrategicmachinationswithinthemovement.Overall,Brown’swordswillinform,inspire,andchallengeeveryonetobetterunderstandtheBlackFreedomStruggleandconfrontitsongoingchallenges.
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