My Soul Is Rested
The Story of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South

I read part of Howell Raines's My Soul is Rested for a sociology class in college, but revisited it now to fill in gaps in my knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement. It's an oral history, published in the late 70s, assembling a rich variety of perspectives on the Movement just a decade hence – but i......more

This book is incredible: moving, eye-opening, horrifying, inspiring, and deeply disturbing, all at the same time. Raines wisely allows the various historical figures to describe their experiences in their own words, and so on some level it is their storytelling ability that makes the events come aliv......more

A great book, but may be confusing for those who are unfamiliar with the many different phases and events of the civil rights movement. This is an oral history of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, mostly through interviews conducted by the author with dozens of figures. Leaders like......more

I reread this book that had deeply impressed me by the courageous people Of the Civil Rights Movement who resisted the Jim Crow South, its traditions, and inequalities. This book was like reading from personal diaries of so many unknown people who worked hard to be heard, to vote, to attend schools......more

I loved the way these interviews were arranged to tell the story of parts of the Civil Rights Movement, and I loved the collection of people, accounts and personalities that were represented. I'm looking forward to reading this again already because hearing people tell it in their own words was fasc......more