Download Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family’s Fight for Civil Rights AudioBook Free
These are the firsthand accounts of sisters Helen and Barbara Shores about growing up with their dad, Arthur Shores, a visible Civil Rights law firm, during the 60s in the Jim Crow south Birmingham area - a regular goal of the Ku Klux Klan. Between 1948 and 1963, some 50 unsolved Klan bombings occurred in Smithfield where in fact the Shores family resided, earning their community the nickname "Dynamite Hill." Because of his work, Shores' princess, Barbara, hardly survived a kidnapping try out. Double, in 1963, Klan people bombed their house, sending Theodora to the hospital with a brain concussion and getting rid of Tasso, the family's cocker spaniel. The family narrowly escaped one third bombing attempt on the home in the spring of 1965. The Gentle Large of Dynamite Hill is an incredible story of an family's unfair fighting, but also of the Shores' overcoming. This family's sacrificial dedication, courage, dedication, and triumph encourage us today through this account and the selfless service, work, and lives of Helen Shores Lee and Barbara Sylvia Shores.
