Meridian: A Classic Novel of Civil Rights Activism and Feminism in the 1960s American South

Title: Meridian: A Classic Novel of Civil Rights Activism and Feminism in the 1960s American South
ISBN: 9780156028349
Author: Alice Walker
Rating: ⭐ 3.75 (335 ratings, 26 reviews)

Listening Length = 7 hours and 52 minutesA poignant and powerful story of the American South in the 1960s and of one woman who risks her life for the people she loves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, now available in a new edition featuring an introduction by Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage. Meridian Hill is a young woman at an Atlanta college attempting to find her place in the 1960s revolution for racial and social equality. She discovers the limits beyond which she will not go for the cause, but despite her decision not to follow the path of some of her peers, she makes significant sacrifices in order to further her beliefs. Working in a campaign to register African American voters, Meridian cares broadly and deeply for the people she visits, and, while her coworkers quit and move to comfortable homes, she continues to work in the deep South despite a paralyzing illness. Meridian's nonviolent methods, though seemingly less radical than the methods of others, prove to be an effective means of furthering her beliefs.“A classic novel of both feminism and the Civil Rights movement.” —Ms. Magazine