Scalawag: A White Southerner's Journey through Segregationto Human Rights Activism by Edward H. Peeples
Scalawag tells the surprising story of a white working-class boy who became an unlikely civil rights activist. Covering fifty years' participation in thelong civil rights movement, Peeples's gripping story brings to life an unsung activist culture to which countless forgotten individuals contributed, over time expanding their commitment from civil rights to other causes.