Outside the magic circle

Description:

The story of Virgina Foster Durr's metamorphosis from Southern belle to New Deal liberal to a matriarch of the civil rights movement brings alive one woman's determined passage through a climatic era in American history. Her autobiography heralds the woman's movement and captures the firey history and spirit of social change in our time.

subjects: Civil rights,  African Americans,  Biography,  History,  New Deal, 1933-1939,  Civil rights workers,  Lawyers' spouses,  Lawyers' wives,  African americans, history,  African americans, civil rights,  United states, politics and government, 1865-1900,  Défenseurs des droits de l'homme,  Biographies,  Avocats,  Conjoints,  New Deal,  Noirs américains,  Droits,  Histoire,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Historical,  Authors, biography

People: Virginia Foster Durr,  Clifford Durr

Places: United States,  Alabama

Times: 20th century