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Name: Deep in our hearts
Author: Constance Curry

Deep in Our Hearts presents an intimate, first‑person account of the turbulent 1960s that revolved around the Student Non‑Violent Coordinating Committee and Students for a Democratic Society. Through vivid recollections of the Albany Freedom Ride, voter registration drives, lunch‑counter sit‑ins, Freedom Summer, and the 1964 Democratic Convention, the book illuminates the rise of Black Power and the women’s movement. It offers perspective on the complex interplay between race relations, radical activism, and feminist participation in the South and across the United States.

First publish date: 2000

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: Constance Curry

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