And Gently He Shall Lead Them: Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi

And Gently He Shall Lead Them: Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi . The young black New Yorker had a job to do: go to Mississippi, register.
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It also informs our vision of the servant leader needed to guide the s movement. Eric Burner's engrossing account of Robert Moses's legendary career brings alive the everyday realities of the Civil Rights Movement, especially the gruelling campaign for voter registration and political organization in Mississippi. Black and White Women of the Old South.


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Next to Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiet and intensely private, Moses quickly became legendary as a man whose conduct exemplified leadership by example. He once resigned as head of the Council of Federated Organizations because "my position there was too strong, too central.

Biography is, by its very nature, a complicated act of recovery, even more so when the life under scrutiny deliberately avoids such attention.

And Gently He Shall Lead Them: Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi

Eric Burner therefore sets out here not to reveal the "secret" Bob Moses, but to examine his moral philosophy and his political and ideological evolution, to provide a picture of the public person. In essence, his book provides a primer on a figure who spoke by silence and led through example. Moses spent almost three years in Mississippi trying to awaken the state's black citizens to their moral and legal rights before the fateful summer of would thrust him and the Freedom Summer movement into the national spotlight.

We follow him through the civil rights years — his intensive, fearless tradition of community organizing, his involvements with SNCC and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, and his negotiations with the Department of Justice —as Burner chronicles both Moses' political activity and his intellectual development, revealing the strong influence of French philosopher Albert Camus on his life and work.

And Gently He Shall Lead Them

Learn more about Amazon Prime. Read more Read less. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project. Customers who bought this item also bought. From Publishers Weekly In the words of Manhattan lawyer Burner, Robert Parris Moses, a black teacher from New York City, was "one of the most important yet most elusive figures" of the civil rights movement. Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video.


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Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Moses went to Mississippi in the early 's, in Mccomb county and began the torturous process of registering people to vote. Slight, in his horn rimmed glasses, with white T shirt under his bib overalls, Moses tirelessly and fearlessly went up against crooked judges, Klukers and corrupt and racist law enforcement, and slowly[with the eventual aid of the Justice department and John Doar, who ,though a republican, was also the justice dept.

One of the few memebers of the civil rights movement was was not in the least bit awed by Martin Luther King,jr. It was a tuime when politicians thought they could "possibly" cahnge things, and far more importantly, when people such as Mr. Moses felt it was imperative for they themselves to change things. My Admiration for Mr. Moses is second to no one. He, along with John Lewis, are certifiable living heroes,men who make me proud to be american. This book, then is one way to get to know this great, yes,great man.

This biography of Bob Moses coincides well with my personal interviews of him as a planner and facilitator in encouraging local Mississippians in their quest to overcome their oppression at the hands of official and unofficial Mississippi. He not only led by example, he brought out the leadership qualities of poor, rural and illiterate Mississippians who then led themselves in fighting Mississippi's "closed society.

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Bryant, Webb Owens, and E. Decisions made concerning the Freedom Summer project are to be found in this well written biography of him as a facilitator of the Mississippi movement. Book was needed for class. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase.

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I always ran across the name of Bob Moses in my reading of the Movement but wanted to know more about him. This book provided much of the information I wanted. Robert Moses is not as well known at other 's civil rights heroes. This was a really interesting read, especially since it's the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

I enjoyed this book! A very difficult subject treated rather superficially - but perhaps that is the only way you can treat Bob Moses who never shared much of himself in the years I picked up his shorts and shirts as manager of the Hamilton basketball team on which he played. It is not much of a book, but about all we have I gather. This book is a description of the events from - and the influence of Robert Moses. The book remains focused on the Mississippi struggle to attain votes for African-Americans and that is its' strong point.

Robert Moses is presented as the "anti-leader" and cites the works of Albert Camus as an influence on his thinking. The author describes other events and people besides Robert Moses who were involved in the struggle for equality. There is a mild hint that Mr. Moses suffered burnout after the rejection of the Mississippi Freedom Party at the Democratic convention. Moses became visibly angry - an emotion absent during the arduous and often violent struggle to register voters.

There are short sketches of Mr. Moses' life prior to and after the Mississippi period.

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Most of the depictions in this book are culled from other sources books and magazines , which gives the book a certain remoteness or distance. There are no personal interviews with Mr.

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A favourite line in the book taken from Robert Moses from page of my volume: One person found this helpful. I brought this book for.