Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr.
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Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr.

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
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Virginia's Civil Rights Hero Curtis W. Harris Sr.

About this book

In 1924, the Virginia State Legislature passed the Racial Integrity Act. The act banned interracial marriage down to "a single drop" of African blood. Just three months later, Curtis W. Harris was born in Dendron, Virginia. Harris was the sixth child of impoverished sharecroppers, living in a desolate outpost of the Commonwealth, but in time he would lead the fight against the Racial Integrity Act and many other racially restrictive laws. Despite being arrested multiple times and beaten, Rev. Harris would help reverse centuries of racial discrimination that began when slaves first arrived in Virginia in 1619. Author William Paul Lazarus tells the story of Harris' determination in the face of intense hostility, which took him to the forefront of America's Civil Rights Movement, arm-in-arm with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Early Life: Community History, Schooling
  9. 2. Racial Environment: Legal Cases, Plessy v. Ferguson
  10. 3. Social Unrest: Lynching, Desegregation Efforts, Eugenics
  11. 4. Working: First Demonstration, Montgomery Boycott, Life in Hopewell
  12. 5. Conflict: Sit-Ins and Legal Battles, KKK Confrontation, Ethanol Plant
  13. 6. National Involvement: Danville, Birmingham, Selma and Washington, D.C.
  14. 7. Political: Election, First African American Mayor, Ethanol
  15. 8. Recognition
  16. Chronology
  17. Bibliography
  18. About the Author