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Montgomery, Valda Harris, 1947-? Just a Neighbor: A Child's Memoir of the Civil Rights Movement

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09895 Author/Creator: Montgomery, Valda Harris, 1947-? Place Written: Montgomery, Alabama Type: Book signed Date: 2010 Pagination: 1 v. : v, 62 p. : Order a Copy

One book entitled Just a Neighbor: A Child's Memoir of the Civil Rights Movement, by Valda Harris Montgomery Published in 2010. The book is signed by the author in 2019. The book contains nine chapters; Centennial Hill and Family beginnings, Richard and Vera, Unexpected Leaders Emerge, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Reverend to Doctor MLK, Jr., Freedom Riders, Coming of Age: 1964-1965 Senior Year, Marches 1965, Selma to Montgomery; 1965 to Present: September 1965, Spring 1968, Adulthood, Off-spring of Unsung Heroes. The book focuses on Valda's life and involvement in the Civil Rights movements that took place in Montgomery Alabama. There are many mentions of other activists and Civil rights leaders throughout the book.

Montgomery, Valda Harris, 1947-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Harris, Richard, 1929-1978
Harris, Vera, 1923-2019

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