An easy burden : the civil rights movement and the transformation of America

Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.

• Prologue: We Have Come So Far p. 1
• Part I 1932-1961
• 1 Don't Get Mad, Get Smart p. 7
• 2 Among the Talented Tenth p. 28
• 3 Somebody's Calling My Name p. 48
• 4 Jean p. 60
• 5 Serving Bethany p. 78
• 6 The Establishment at Prayer p. 102
• 7 Look Away Dixie p. 124
• Part II 1961-1968
• 8 The Singing Movement p. 161
• 9 The Lord Is with This Movement p. 185
• 10 Redeeming the Soul of America p. 242
• 11 Walking Through the Valley p. 277
• 12 International Acclaim, Domestic Harassment p. 301
• 13 Give Us the Ballot p. 333
• 14 Going to Chicago p. 372
• 15 War and Poverty p. 422
• 16 Let Us Slay the Dreamer p. 448
• Part III 1968-1972
• 17 City of Hope p. 477
• 18 What Shall Become of His Dream p. 493
• Afterword: We Still Have a Long Way to Go p. 521
• Acknowledgments p. 533
• Index p. 535