Children of the movement : the sons and daughters of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Moses, James Chaney, Elaine Brown, and others reveal how the civil rights movement

Profiling 24 of the adult children of the most recognizable figures in the civil rights movement, this book collects the intimate, moving stories of families who were pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle or brought together by their efforts to change America. The whole range of players is covered, from the children of leading figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and martyrs like James Earl Chaney to segregationists like George Wallace and Black Panther leaders like Elaine Brown. The essays reveal that some children are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw destroyed by the struggle, while others are still trying to change the world. Included are such inspiring stories as the daughter of a notoriously racist Southern governor who finds her calling as a teacher in an all-black inner-city school and the daughter of a famous martyr who unexpectedly meets her mother's killer. From the first activists killed by racist Southerners to the current global justice protestors carrying on the work of their parents, these profiles offer a look behind the public face of the triumphant civil rights movement and show the individual lives it changed in surprising ways. Profiles Twenty-three Children Of The Civil Rights Movement's Leading Figures Including The Daughter Of Former Alabama Governor George Wallace, The Son Of Martin Luther King, And Penny Liuzzo Herrington, Daughter Of Viola Liuzzo, Who Was Killed During The Selma Campaign. Casualties Of War -- Chevara Orrin And Bacardi Jackson, Daughters Of Reverend James Bevel, A Southern Christian Leadership Conference (sclc) Leader And Member Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Inner Circle -- Chaka Forman, Son Of James Forman Sr., Former Executive Director Of The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (sncc) -- Mary Brown, Daughter Of James Zwerg, A Freedom Rider -- Maisha Moses, Daughter Of Bob Moses, A Sncc Leader And Founder Of The Algebra Project -- The Next Generation -- Ralph David Abernathy Iii, Son Of Ralph David Abernathy Sr., Cofounder Of The Sclc And A Confidant Of Reverend King -- Michael Julian Bond, Son Of Julian Bond, A Leader In The Sncc And The Naacp -- James Forman Jr., Son Of James Forman Sr., Former Executive Director Of The Sncc -- Julie Guyot, Daughter Of Lawrence Guyot Sr., A Sncc Field Secretary -- Andrew Bo Young Iii, Son Of Andrew Young, A Sclc Leader And Member Of Reverend King's Inner Circle -- Children Of The Icons --^ Martin Luther King Iii, Son Of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. -- Ilyasah Shabazz, Daughter Of Malcolm X -- Children Of The Segregationist Leaders -- Peggy Wallace Kennedy, Daughter Of Former Alabama Governor George Wallace -- Ouida Barnett Atkins, Daughter Of Former Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett Sr. -- Stephen Smitherman, Son Of Former Selma Mayor Joe Smitherman -- Children Of Black Power -- Bokar Ture, Son Of Kwame Ture (stokely Carmichael), A Sncc And Black Panther Party Leader -- Ericka Abram, Daughter Of Elaine Brown, Former Chairwoman Of The Black Panther Party -- Warith Deen Muhammad, Son Of Elijah Muhammad, Founder Of The Nation Of Islam -- Children Of The Martyrs -- Penny Liuzzo Herrington, Daughter Of Viola Liuzzo, Who Was Killed During The Selma Campaign -- Ben Chaney And Angela Lewis, Brother And Daughter Of James Earl Chaney, One Of Three Civil Rights Workers Killed During Mississippi Freedom Summer --^ Anne Reeb, Daughter Of Reverend James Reeb, Who Was Killed In Selma -- The New Radicals: From Selma To Seattle -- Andrew Drew Dellinger, Son Of Walter Dellinger, A Civil Rights Activist And Constitutional Law Scholar -- Naomi Klein, Daughter Of Bonnie Sherr Klein, A Former Member Of The Congress For Racial Equality (core), And Michael Klein, An Antiwar Demonstrator -- Timi Gerson, Daughter Of Bill Gerson, A Leader In The Students For A Democratic Society (sds). John Blake. Most Americans think of the civil rights movement in the past tense. But the drama is still unfolding in the lives of a group of people seldom mentioned in history books: the children of the movement's leading figures, from heroes to martyrs to segregationists. This book contains 23 profiles of the children of the most recognizable names in the movement; whenever possible, the author talked to the parents as well. The end result is a book full of intimate, moving stories of families who were sometimes pulled apart by the horrors of the struggle and sometimes brought together by their efforts to change America. Some of the children have become emotionally distant from their parents, who, they say, were more suited for protest than parenthood. Others had no idea how much their parents had suffered at the hands of their opponents. Some are more pessimistic than their parents, whose idealism they saw destroyed by the struggle, while others are still trying to change the world. Here are stories to inspire everyone: the daughter of a notoriously racist Southern governor finds her calling as a teacher in an all-black inner-city school; the daughter of a famous martyr unexpectedly meets her mother's killer. But none of these children led a truly "normal" life. During Ericka Abram's childhood, for example, most of her mother's friends were killed in police shoot-outs, a bodyguard constantly shadowed her, and her Black Panther-run school taught from Mao's Little Red Book. With gripping stories of the first activists killed by racist Southerners to the current global justice protestors carrying on the work of their parents, Children of the Movement looks behind the public face of the civil rights movement and shows it to be a living, breathing presence in the world today. In a sense, we are all children of the movement Contents 4 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 10 1 Casualties of War 14 Chevara Orrin and Bacardi Jackson, daughters of Reverend James Bevel 16 Chaka Forman, son of James Forman Sr. 28 Mary Brown, daughter of James Zwerg 38 Maisha Moses, daughter of Bob Moses 50 2 The Next Generation 60 Ralph David Abernathy III, son of Ralph David Abernathy Sr. 62 Michael Julian Bond, son of Julian Bond 71 James Forman Jr., son of James Forman Sr. 81 Julie Guyot, daughter of Lawrence Guyot Sr. 89 Andrew “Bo” Young III, son of Andrew Young 97 3 Children of the Icons 106 Martin Luther King III, son of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. 108 Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X 121 4 Children of the Segregationist Leaders 132 Peggy Wallace Kennedy, daughter of former Alabama Governor George Wallace 134 Ouida Barnett Atkins, daughter of former Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett Sr. 144 Stephen Smitherman, son of former Selma mayor Joe Smitherman 156 5 Children of Black Power 166 Bokar Ture, son of Kwame Ture 168 Ericka Abram, daughter of Elaine Brown, 179 Warith Deen Muhammad, son of Elijah Muhammad, 193 6 Children of the Martyrs 206 Penny Liuzzo Herrington, daughter of Viola Liuzzo 208 Ben Chaney and Angela Lewis, brother and daughter of James Earl Chaney 219 Anne Reeb, daughter of Reverend James Reeb 230 7 The New Radicals: From Selma to Seattle 240 Andrew “Drew” Dellinger, son of Walter Dellinger 243 Naomi Klein, daughter of Bonnie Sherr Klein 251 Timi Gerson, daughter of Bill Gerson 261 Index 269 Twenty-four adult children of key figures in the civil rights movement--including the sons and daughters of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, George Wallace, and others--are profiled in this book of essays that reveal the individual lives of the families behind the public face of the civil rights movement