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January 4, 2005

BCRI Publishes Its First Book

"Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham" hit bookstores in late December 2004. The book, based on interviews conducted by the BCRI Oral History Project, was edited by the project's Director, Dr. Horace Huntley, and is published by the University of Illinois Press.

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	*Birmingham, AL* -- The stories of black workers' fight for equality in Birmingham can be read by all in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute's first book, "Black Workers' Struggle for Equality in Birmingham." The book, which is published by University of Illinois Press, hit bookstores in December. (Click here to purchase the book through the BCRI Online Gift Shop.) Edited by Dr. Horace Huntley, director of the BCRI Oral History Project, and Yale professor emeritus David Montgomery, "Black Workers'" looks at interviews with those men and women who faced discrimination both inside and outside the workforce. They tell the stories of how the labor movement worked in conjunction with, as well as in opposition to, the Civil Rights Movement. "Black Workers'" was born from the Institute's Oral History Project. It is an ongoing effort to interview and document the stories of footsoldiers from the Civil Rights Movement. More than 400 interviews have been collected so far and have been categorized and collected into a series of books. The second book will focus on the students of the Movement. "The Movement is not over," says Dr. Huntley, who is also an assistant history professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, "and we should learn from the lessons shared by these warriors." For more information on the book or symposium, contact Dr. Huntley at 328-9696, ext. 213.			Buy the Book in the BCRI Online Gift Shop >>

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