Scientist and author Agnes Deglon tackles the big questions in The Journey of the Little Souls, the first installment of
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English Year 2011
Table of contents :
Introduction : Soul of change --
Weight. I am a man / Jesse Epps --
Dream is a good place to start / Endesha Holland --
King of the blues / B.B. King --
Twisted steel and sex appeal / Sputnik Monroe --
Gentleman of the press / Vernon Jarrett --
Skin dive / Dr. Sammy Lee --
American Gandhi / James Lawson --
Birth of Elvis / Jim Dickinson --
Jump-off point / Jerome Smith --
"Like little tortures each day" / Carol Swann-Daniels --
We shall not be moved. Blinding flash opened our eyes / Carolyn McKinstry --
Justice never sleeps / William Baxley --
Veil of amnesia / Diane McWhorter --
Heaven can wait / Joseph Lowery --
Cracking the system / Raylawni Branch --
Louisiana moon / Maurice Landrieu --
Wake up, Washington! / Rachelle Horowitz --
Brutal truth / Karl Fleming --
Mother courage / Carolyn Goodman --
Hour of power / Alvin Poussaint --
Love story in black and white / Constancia Romilly --
Hard-wired for freedom / Heather Booth --
Help from on high / Curtis Graves --
At history's elbow / Samuel Kyles --
Wings of the future. Founding sisters / Susan Brownmiller --
Unprincipled principal / Jose Angel Gutierrez --
Shooting for big fish / Diane Wilson --
Wheels of progress / Michelle Steger --
Threads in the civil rights quilt / Barney Frank --
Rewriting the lies / Suzan Harjo --
Latino underground railroad / John Fife --
More perfect union / Tawanda Murray --
Living hope / Eugene Rivers --
Afterword / Marion Wright Edelman.