Review:The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family’s Fight for Civil Rights by Helen Shores Lee, Denise George, and Barbara Sylvia Shores

Title:The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family’s Fight for Civil Rights
Authors:Helen Shores Lee, Denise George, and Barbara Sylvia Shores
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication Date: August 22, 2012
Edition: Hardcover (287 pages)

Categories:

• Nonfiction
• Biography
• Civil Rights
• History (United States)

The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family’s Fight for Civil Rights by Helen Shores Lee

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book chronicles the lives of Helen and Barbara Shores as they grew up in the 1940-1960s segregated south as the daughters of Arthur Shores, the pioneer civil rights attorney. The book also provides much description about Arthur Shores' childhood, his unflagging belief and faith in God, and his unwavering desire and commitment to achieve equality for all people.

The civil rights movement and its pioneers has always interested me. This book, especially, provides a first hand account of what it was like to grow up in a divisive era. The Shores' home was bombed, more than once, and they were the target of threats by the KKK and others. I am so glad these experiences and memories have been preserved and shared with readers now and for generations yet to come.