Dreams and Nightmares - (New Perspectives on the History of the South) by Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson (Paperback)

About the Book

This dual biography looks at the lives of two icons of Black resistance, comparing their goals, visions, and legacies and illuminating their surprising similarities.

Book Synopsis

This dual biography looks at the lives of two icons of Black resistance, comparing their goals, visions, and legacies and illuminating their surprising similarities.

Review Quotes

"Both concise and informative . . . . Recommended."--Choice

"A highly readable account of the lives of two of the most dynamic figures in the civil rights movement."--The Historian

"A useful primer for anyone interested in reviewing the basic frameworks of the lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. . . . A thoughtful, nuanced, well-researched work of great value."--Journal of American History

"While highlighting their different politico-religious perspectives, social visions, and styles of leadership, Waldschmidt-Nelson reminds us that these leaders learned from and influenced each other and that they can only be understood in relation to one another. . . . The prose is lively and exciting, and the content is clear."--Journal of Southern History

"A lucid and readable introduction to the role of two key twentieth-century actors in the struggle for Black equality in the USA, seen through their respective biographies, themselves shaped by American social and political conditions."--Ethnic and Racial Studies

"Well written, concise, smartly organized, and highly readable."--Journal of African American History