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"Gaillard's work achieves a level of balance and fairness that all professional historians and journalists aspire to but seldom realize. . . . In trying to do justice to this universal tale of events that brought out the best and worst in people, Gaillard displays an uncanny eye for telling detail and an ear for Southern voices. . . . The epic story is driven as compelling by the cast of thousands on both sides of the racial divide as by their leaders."--John Egerton, author of Speak Now Against the Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the SouthGaillard, Frye is the author of 'Cradle of Freedom Alabama and the Movement That Changed America' with ISBN 9780817313883 and ISBN 0817313885.
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