A Fire You Can't Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth (Religion and American Culture Series)

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Summary: A powerful story of courage
Review: A compelling portrait of a real unsung hero. Emerge Magazine says it well: "The greatest battles of the civil rights movement come alive in this biography of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called "one of the nation's most courage freedom fighters." Manis is to be congratulated for bringing us this powerful story.

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Summary: Winner of the 2000 Lillian Smith Book Award
Review: I just met and spoke to Professor Manis today at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville. His presentation of the work made me run out and buy it. Though I have not yet finished it, I am already very impressed.

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Summary: Well done, Professor Manis
Review: I just met and spoke to Professor Manis today at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville. His presentation of the work made me run out and buy it. Though I have not yet finished it, I am already very impressed.

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Summary: Winner of the 2000 Lillian Smith Book Award
Review: The story of Fred Shuttlesworth is a powerful, dramatic story that everyone interested in the black freedom movement should read. Manis' compelling portrayal captures the spirit and spirituality of a great unsung hero. The book has been honored by the Lillian Smith Book Award, the South's oldest literary prize, and deserves a wide reading.