The Rest of the Dream: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson

by Lyman T. Johnson and Wade Hall

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" In The Rest of the Dream, Lyman Johnson, grassroots civil rights leader, tells his own story. All four of Johnson's grandparents were slaves in Tennessee. Yet his father was a college graduate, principal of a black school, and the inspiration for his son's love of justice. Lyman Johnson was born in 1906 during the darkest days of segregation. He learned from his father not to sit in the "crow's nest" reserved for blacks in his hometown movie theater...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813116740

ISBN13:9780813116747

Release Date:November 1988

Publisher:University Press of Kentucky

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

African-American & Black Demography Education Education & Reference Education Theory Ethnic & National History Politics & Social Sciences Regional U.S. Social Sciences South State & Local

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