You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

You Have to Be Prepared to Die

By Paul Kix. Tells the story of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s pivotal 10 week campaign in 1963 to end segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Provides a window into the minds of the four extraordinary men who led the campaign―Martin Luther King, Jr., Wyatt Walker, Fred Shuttlesworth, and James Bevel. As the fight for equality continues on many fronts, it is helpful to our understanding of our own time and the impact that strategic activism can have. Read more.