William Dannenmaier served in Korea with the US Army from December 1952 to January 1954; first as a radioman and then as a radio scout with the Fifteenth Infantry Regiment. This memoir offers an account by this common soldier.
#892084 in Books University of Illinois Press 2010-09-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.60 x 6.13l; 2.31 #File Name: 0252035577656 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. women's storiesBy M D MazinsWomen have been fighting right alongside of men this whole time.. it's great to get these interviews and read in their own words what was being done; how their parents felt; how their spouses felt..many of the women were discouraged by their parents; teachers; and others to fight for civil rights in the 1960's .. often paying a heavy price.. loss of scholarships and support for college.These stories are not just the students they are women that had been fighting for a very long time.this grassroots look and the bravery shown by everyone involved brings a reality to the past that many people have no knowledge of.Great read .. very informative. MLK .. is the name most associated with "Civil Rights" .. but there are SO MANY MORE..8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A Book That Touches the Soul of the Freedom MovementBy Bruce HartfordThis is a wonderful and fascinating book that illuminates the soul of the Freedom Movement of the 1960s. There are many excellent histories of the Civil Rights Movement that provide the chronologic details of events outcomes; and many fine biographies that examine the lives of the central figures. But the movement was at heart a mass movement of ordinary people transforming their lives; and the lives of others; with extraordinary courage. In Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC 52 women describe in their own words the roots; the meaning; and the personal effect of their own participation.James Baldwin once observed that: "The great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us; are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways; and history is literally present in all that we do." No book in recent memory better illustrates the essential truth of that observation than Hands on the Freedom Plow.This is not a book that has to be read in sequence first page to last. Rather; it reminds me of the Talmud; a sea of subjects; insights; experiences; points of view; and historical periods that you sail on voyages of discovery. Each time you dip into it; in whatever chapter; it reveals something new and fascinating.--Bruce Hartford0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One of the best books I've read about Civil RightsBy carolyn studerA terrific collection of writing by the women who started SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee); in the 60s. Both black and white civil rights activists describe the dangerous work they did in the 60s in the south to help disenfranchised blacks. It's an inspiring book about courage and commitment; and the human drive for freedom.
