Henry V. Graham

In 1963, when Alabama Gov. George Wallace literally stood in the doorway to block black students from attending the University of Alabama, Graham, a National Guard general, ordered him aside. "He will always be known as the man who stood Governor Wallace down at the school house door," said E. Culpepper Clark, a dean at the University. "Graham was a very cool man under fire, and he could be counted on." Graham served in the Army in World War II and Korea, and earned a Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Arrowhead. He died March 21 in Birmingham, Alabama, at age 82. From This is True for 21 March 1999 Suggestions for further reading: Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America... by Bruce Watson Amazon Price: $18.45 Customer Review: Freedom Summer: The Savage Season That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy by Bruce Watson Off the top, this is the best new examination of the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964. It brings the strengths of Sally Belfrage'...   Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch Amazon Price: $14.96 Customer Review: I know what I have to say will be contentious. First let me say this book is beautifully written and contains a great deal of useful information. Having said that I find it in places poorly researched but mainly vexing. First Paul Robeson gets one m...   At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 by Taylor Branch Amazon Price: $13.60 Customer Review: Noting how the extreme right wing (Palin, Beck, Limbaugh and Fox News) are calling the President and the NAACP racist. I have a reading for them. Taylor Branch's seminal study on the Civil Rights Movement in the US. If they read them ( and I would...   Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 by Taylor Branch Amazon Price: $11.56 Customer Review: The book arrived as promised. It is in the condition promised by the vendor. I am most pleased with both the service and the product.   Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950... by David Howard-Pitney Amazon Price: $12.30 Customer Review: The authors of this text did an excellent job in comparing and contrasting Dr. King and Malcolm X. The text used many letters from both leaders, and showed how their ideals evolved throughout their lives.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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