{"product_id":"the-rest-of-the-dream-the-black-odyssey-of-lyman-johnson-hardcover","title":"The Rest of the Dream: The Black Odyssey of Lyman Johnson - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWade Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" In The Rest of the Dream, Lyman Johnson, grassroots civil rights leader, tells his own story. All four of Johnson's grandparents were slaves in Tennessee. Yet his father was a college graduate, principal of a black school, and the inspiration for his son's love of justice. Lyman Johnson was born in 1906 during the darkest days of segregation. He learned from his father not to sit in the \"crow's nest\" reserved for blacks in his hometown movie theater. This refusal to accept second-class citizen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWade Hall\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Bellarmine College. He is the editor of the \u003ci\u003eKentucky Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e and has written extensively on southern literature and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468560318717,"sku":"9780813116747","price":66.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/dnkySHZHbjZSVGRnSEozWk5aUUowQT09.webp?v=1777290454","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-rest-of-the-dream-the-black-odyssey-of-lyman-johnson-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}