{"product_id":"and-the-walls-came-tumbling-down-an-autobiography-9781569762790","title":"And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1989  this beautifully written autobiography of the Rev. Dr. Ralph David AbernathyMartin Luther King Jr.s partner and eventual successornot only tells his own story but also expounds on the leaders he knew intimately  including King  Jesse Jackson  Andrew Young  and Lyndon Johnson  among others. Revealing the planning that went into major protests and the negotiations that brought them to a close  Abernathy chronicles a movement  recalling the bitter defeats they faced  the misery and deaths they suffered. Amidst these struggles  though  he celebrates the victories that integrated communities  gave economic and political power to the disenfranchised  and brought hope to people who had not dreamed of it. Throughout  Abernathys close relationship with King is central to the storyand to the civil rights movement. In 1956  when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus  it was Abernathy who enlisted King to join the protest. Together  they led the landmark bus boycott for 381 days  during which Abernathys house was bombed and his church dynamited. From there  the two helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  and they were jailed together more than 40 times. Their protests and marches took them all over the SouthSelma  Albany  Birminghamand to Washington and Chicago as well. An unsung hero of his era  Abernathys inspiring memoir ultimately shows how their victories  and even their setbacks  led to social and legislative changes across the entire country.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647257862197,"sku":"ByrdShop_1569762791","price":478.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781569762790.jpg?v=1781690884","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/and-the-walls-came-tumbling-down-an-autobiography-9781569762790","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}