25th Anniversary Edition - An Easy Burden

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25th Anniversary Edition - An Easy Burden is written by Andrew Young and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1737800403 (ISBN 10) and 9781737800408 (ISBN 13).

25th Anniversary - 90th Birthday Edition An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America Featuring a new introduction and exclusive photos of the legendary Andrew J. Young Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.