The Broken Road

The Broken Road
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 233
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781635573664
ISBN-13 : 1635573661
Rating : 4/5 (661 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Broken Road by : Peggy Wallace Kennedy

Download or read book The Broken Road written by Peggy Wallace Kennedy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the daughter of one of America's most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace's legacy of hate--and illuminates her journey towards redemption. Peggy Wallace Kennedy has been widely hailed as the “symbol of racial reconciliation” (Washington Post). In the summer of 1963, though, she was just a young girl watching her father stand in a schoolhouse door as he tried to block two African-American students from entering the University of Alabama. This man, former governor of Alabama and presidential candidate George Wallace, was notorious for his hateful rhetoric and his political stunts. But he was also a larger-than-life father to young Peggy, who was taught to smile, sit straight, and not speak up as her father took to the political stage. At the end of his life, Wallace came to renounce his views, although he could never attempt to fully repair the damage he caused. But Peggy, after her own political awakening, dedicated her life to spreading the new Wallace message--one of peace and compassion. In this powerful new memoir, Peggy looks back on the politics of her youth and attempts to reconcile her adored father with the man who coined the phrase “Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.” Timely and timeless, The Broken Road speaks to change, atonement, activism, and racial reconciliation.


The Broken Road Related Books

The Broken Road to Forever
Language: en
Pages: 318
Authors: Rhonda Dennis
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-13 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

GET EBOOK

Are broken roads worth traveling? As the daughter of a hard working single mother, Mallory James is very familiar with struggle. Loneliness becomes a common the
The Broken Road
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Peggy Wallace Kennedy
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-03 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

GET EBOOK

From the daughter of one of America's most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace's legacy of hate--and illuminates her
The Broken Road
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-04 - Publisher: New York Review of Books

GET EBOOK

Patrick Leigh Fermor recounts the last leg of his epic walk across Europe as he makes his way through Bulgaria, Romania, and finally Greece. In the winter of 19
Courage for the Journey
Language: en
Pages: 108
Authors: Wendy Weikal-Beauchat
Categories: Self-Help
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-16 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

GET EBOOK

COURAGE FOR THE JOURNEY assembles a collection of wisdom to ignite courage, hope, and strength in those caught in the inevitable storms of life. In his 1965 mas
A Time of Gifts
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-14 - Publisher: New York Review of Books

GET EBOOK

This beloved account about an intrepid young Englishman on the first leg of his walk from London to Constantinople is simply one of the best works of travel lit