A review by mschwartz444
Alabama v. King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Criminal Trial That Launched the Civil Rights Movement by Dan Abrams, Fred Gray, David Fisher

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This book is brilliant! It is challenging, inspiring, retrospective, and hopeful. Alabama v. King explores the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s through legal strategy, courtroom testimonials, and descriptions of local solidarity and perseverance. Reading this, I felt anger and shame at the depth and recency of ubiquitous, legally-mandated race-based segregation in the U.S. I also felt inspired by the power of movement building and solidarity to change the status quo. This book should be required reading for anyone living in the U.S.