Inside Agitators

Winner of the Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America Award from the Gustavus Myers Center In the movement we always said that like in a washing machine it was the agitator that got the dirt out. David Chappell''s book shows how the inside agitators helped cleanse the society of an extreme injustice. It is an enlightening and important look at a less publicized part of this history. -Andrew YoungA superb study done with subtlety and keen insight it is absolutely essential for understanding the vital role white Southerners played in the civil rights movement. -C. Vann Woodward Yale UniversityChappell''s argument is insightful and worth serious attention. It makes particularly fascinating reading from the perspective of the 1990s. -David R. Colburn Reviews in American HistoryIn this engaging work on Southern whites who sympathized with the Civil Rights Movement Chappell argues that moderate whites though lacking a moral commitment to civil rights played a key role in the movement''s success at both the local and national levels. -Virginia Quarterly Review