History and Memory of the Civil Rights Movement in Lexington North Carolina

<p>In <i>History and Memory of the Civil Rights Movement in Lexington North Carolina </i>editors who are from Lexington and Davidson County promote a collective narrative of historical and personal accounts of the African American experience in the Civil Rights Movement at national state <i>and </i>local levels especially in the areas of education employment transportation housing public facilities and politics. Also recognized and acknowledged by the editors of the book are not only well-known heroes and heroines in the movement but also many state <i>and </i>local “unsung heroes and heroines” in the movement . Expect to find a co-edited book that relies on “facts” or what Aristotle would call “only the particulars ” in both the book’s “Timeline of Milestones and Landmarks” for the Civil Rights Movement at national state <i>and </i>local levels; that relies on “Interviews” with two local NAACP leaders who professionally reflect on the merits of “purpose” and “service” especially in the 1960s when leadership is most aligned in the movement at local state <i>and </i>national levels. Expect also to find “memories” of experiences or what Margaret Meads would call presentations “of feelings” in the book’s <i>“</i>Testimonies” by students and a teacher who are “first” in the 1960s to desegregate local schools and faculty in Lexington and Davidson County. The Editors of <i>History and Memory </i>reinforce both “history” and “memory” in the book by including over seventy (70) quotes from well-known and lesser-known civil rights leaders and activists who define illustrate and classify “purpose” and “service” as character merits. The book ends with an exhaustive bibliography </p>