Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain
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Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain

The Extraordinary Story of Love, Civil Rights, and Labor Activism

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eBook - ePub

Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain

The Extraordinary Story of Love, Civil Rights, and Labor Activism

About this book

The remarkable story of a couple who came together during the civil rights movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers' rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adversity—with the strength of their love and commitment—to bring about meaningful change. "A chronicle of lives of unwavering dedication. Now in their 80s, labor and civil rights activists Norman and Velma Hill recount more than six decades of struggles, triumphs, and frustrations in their tireless work as 'crusaders for democracy.'... An inspiring joint memoir." — Kirkus Reviews When Velma Murphy was knocked unconscious by a brick thrown by a man from an angry white mob and was carried away by Norman Hill, it was the beginning of a six-decade-long love story and the turmoil, excitement, and struggle for civil rights and labor movements. In Climbing the Rough Side of the Mountain, the Hills reflect upon their more than half a century of fighting to make America realize the best of itself.Through profound conversations between the two, Velma and Norman Hill share their earliest memories of facing racial segregation in the 1960s, working with Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, and A. Philip Randolph, crossing paths with Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. They also reveal how they kept white supremacists like David Duke from taking office, organized workers into unions, met with Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, and continued to work tirelessly, fighting the good fight and successfully challenging power with truth.

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Information

Publisher
Regalo Press
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9798888452837
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. A Note to Readers
  5. Introduction
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1: Wade In the Water, Desegregating Rainbow Beach
  8. Chapter 2: A New Beachhead
  9. Chapter 3: Norman—The Molding of an Activist
  10. Chapter 4: Velma—A Path Well Chosen
  11. Chapter 5: For Jobs and Freedom
  12. Chapter 6: Home, an Anchor in the Storm
  13. Chapter 7: CORE, Crossroads, and Lightning Rods
  14. Chapter 8: Go Tell It on the Mountain—The Paraprofessionals
  15. Chapter 9: A Triumph of the Paraprofessionals and a Soulful Solidarity
  16. Chapter 10: The Next Logical Step—The A. Philip Randolph Institute
  17. Chapter 11: Yet Another River to Cross
  18. Chapter 12: Climbing through Dark Clouds
  19. Chapter 13: Norman Hill Speaks
  20. Chapter 14: The Struggle Doesn’t Stop at the Water’s Edge
  21. Epilogue: A Clear View from the Rough Side of the Mountain
  22. Appendix
  23. Appendix A: The Paraprofessionals
  24. Appendix B: A Vision of Racial and Economic Justice
  25. Appendix C: A 2017 Conversation with William Julius Wilson
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. About the Authors