100 Things You Need to Know about Alabama by Horace Randall Williams

This Day in Civil Rights History is an illuminating collection of these cultural turning points. Every day of the year has witnessed significant events in the struggle for civil rights. From the Quakers’ seventeenth-century antislavery resolution, to slave uprisings during the Civil War, to the infamous Orangeburg Massacre in 1968, and beyond, authors Horace Randall Williams and Ben Beard present a vivid collection of 366 events-one for every day of the year plus Leap Day-chronicling African Americans’ battle for human dignity and self-determination. He has worked as a reporter, editor, and publisher for newspapers and magazines, and he worked a decade at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where he was the founding director of the Klanwatch Project.Ī unique catalog of historic civil rights events, This Day in Civil Rights History details the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs on the road to equal rights for all U.S.

Since publishing his first book in 1989, he has published or co-published more than 500 titles, more than any other trade book publisher in Alabama history. He is responsible for the acquisitions, editorial, and production parts of NewSouth’s publishing program. Williams is the editor-in-chief of NewSouth Books, which he co-founded with publisher Suzanne La Rosa in 2000.

Lunch and Learn will feature two of his books: This Day in Civil Rights History and 100 Things You Need to Know About Alabama. The Demopolis Public Library will present Lunch & Learn with author Randall Williams Thursday, Feb.

100 Things You Need to Know about Alabama by Horace Randall Williams