Publisher's Synopsis
In this volume, friends and colleagues, including Congressman John Lewis, pay tribute to author, scholar, and politician Leslie W. Dunbar. In a career spanning decades, Dunbar worked for the Southern Regional Council during the civil rights movement and helped organize the Voter Education Project; directed the Field Foundation; taught at Mount Holyoke, Shaw University, and Xavier University; and ran for Durham, North Carolina, School Board. He is the author of or contributor to nine books. Dunbar currently lives in New Orleans where he continues his commitment to grassroots civil rights, labor, and political groups.
