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Verlag: Granthouse Publishers, Jonesboro, 2013
ISBN 10: 1935316516ISBN 13: 9781935316510
Anbieter: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 228pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A Drum Major for God and a Perfume Sprinkler to Man: The Life and Theology of Unsung Civil Rights Hero Rev. Dr. Jonathan McPherson, Sr. This book is about the unsung heroism and theology of The Rev. Dr. Jonathan McPherson Sr., of Birmingham, Alabama, a minister who was jailed with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he wrote his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail. In newspaper photos and grainy newsreel footage of the pivotal civil rights demonstration in that city on Good Friday April 12th, 1963, the scholarly but humble college chemistry professor is shown walking only a few steps behind the Rev. King. Notorious Birmingham City Commissioner Bull Connor's police arrested the Rev. McPherson, the Rev. King and scores of others that day for the alleged violation of the city's parade law. In fact, the Rev. McPherson helped lay the groundwork for the Birmingham protests and the Rev. King's participation in the Birmingham demonstrations. Now, the Rev. McPherson chronicles his own life, from his involvement in his beloved church to civic and civil rights accomplishments. His book also features sermons and speeches which highlight the civil rights movement and a theology which promotes the black family. Few know that the Rev. McPherson was a mastermind of the Birmingham Selective Buying campaign. Essentially, a retail boycott protesting Birmingham's segregated business district, it paved the way for Dr. King's invitation to Birmingham and the world shaking spring protests of 1963. Also, many do not know that he was the first black person to pass the Jefferson County civil service exam, which allowed him to qualify as a Birmingham police officer. This action was a catalyst to a confrontation with police commissioner Connor and brought him to the attention of suspected Ku Klux Klansmen. The Rev. McPherson also registered hundreds of blacks to vote in Birmingham in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Additionally, he was a temporary guard for Dr. King when he stayed in a Birmingham residence during the demonstrations.(Publisher).
Verlag: GrantHouse, 2013
ISBN 10: 1935316516ISBN 13: 9781935316510
Anbieter: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Hardback. Zustand: Fine Condition. First Edition 1st Edition. Signed & Inscribed by Author.