We Shall Overcome

Dorman, a reporter for Newsday, gives eyewitness accounts of the principal integration stories that made headlines in the 'Sixties. There are three chapters on James Meredith and Cleve McDowell at Ole Miss, a chapter each on desegregation at Clemson and the University of Alabama, the Birmingham tragedy, and the deaths of Medgar Evers and William Moore. Includes general commentary on various federal government actions to implement legislative and legal decisions on racial matters.