Books by Adam Fairclough

Provides an overview of the enormous contributions made by African American teachers to the black freedom movement in the United States. Beginning with the close of the Civil War, Adam Fairclough explores the development of educational ideals in the black community up through the years of the civil rights movement.

Civil rights historian Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration 100 years later. This book is indispensable for understanding how blacks and whites interacted after the abolition of slavery, and how black communities coped with the challenges of freedom and oppression.

Demonstrates the persistence of racial inequalities and the importance of race as a factor in politics. This book concludes that a deep-seated culture of corruption compromises the ability of public officials to tackle intransigent problems of urban poverty and inadequate schools.

Charts the stages of Martin Luther King's philosophical and political growth, examining his opposition to the Vietnam War, his response to Black Power, and his growing concern for economic justice. Fairclough rounds out his portrait with an assessment of King's legacy to America and his continuing relevance to the struggle for freedom and equality.

This work looks beyond the towering figure of Martin Luther King, Jr, to disclose the workings of the organization that supported him. It shows how Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Wyatt Walker, and others played a hand in the triumphs of Selma and Birmingham and the frustrations of Albany and Chicago.