Preface 2002/vii
Introduction: The Question Period in Kalamazoo/1
PART ONE: The South and the Movement
1. Going South: Spelman College/15
2. "Young Ladies Who Can Picket" /26
3. "A President Is Like a Gardener"/37
4. "My Name Is Freedom": Albany, Georgia/46
5. Selma, Alabama/56
6. "I'll Be Here": Mississippi/69
PART TWO: War
7. A Veteran against War/87
8. "Sometimes to Be Silent Is to Lie": Vietnam/103
9. The Last Teach-In/115
10. "Our Apologies, Good Friends, for the Fracture of Good
Order"/126
PART THREE: Scenes and Changes
11. In Jail: "The World Is Topsy-Turvy" / 141
12. In Court: "The Heart of the Matter" /151
13. Growing Up Class-Conscious/163
14. A Yellow Rubber Chicken: Battles at Boston University/183
15. The Possibility of Hope/197
Acknowledgments/210
Index/211

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