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These are the firsthand accounts of sisters Helen and Barbara Shores growing up with their father, Arthur Shores, a prominent Civil Rights attorney, during the 60s in the Jim Crow south Birmingham district---a frequent target of the Ku Klux Klan. Between 1948 and 1963, some 50 unsolved Klan bombings happened in Smithfield where the Shores family lived, earning their neighborhood the nickname 'Dynamite Hill.'Due to his work, Shores' daughter, Barbara, barely survived a kidnapping attempt. Twice, in 1963, Klan members bombed their home, sending Theodora to the hospital with a brain concussion and killing Tasso, the family's cocker spaniel. The family narrowly escaped a third bombing attempt on their home in the spring of 1965.The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill is an incredible story of a family's unfair suffering, but also of the Shores' overcoming. This family's sacrificial commitment, courage, determination, and triumph inspire us today through this story and the selfless service, work, and lives of Helen Shores Lee and Barbara Sylvia Shores.

Foreword	p. 9
Tribute: To Daddy	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 13
"Why, Daddy?"	p. 15
The Bomb Blast	p. 23
When Lightning Strikes	p. 27
The Public Reacts to the Bombing	p. 35
Lightning Strikes Twice	p. 40
The Bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church	p. 50
Our Father's Early Years	p. 56
The Early Practice	p. 66
Standing Up to Be Counted	p. 73
The Communist "Red" Scare	p. 80
The Case That Changed Everything	p. 84
The Rape	p. 87
Family Life on First Street	p. 90
The Fight to Equalize Salaries for Black Teachers	p. 98
Working on the Railroad	p. 103
The Continuing Voting Rights Battle: Mitchell v. Wright	p. 109
Unfair Zoning Laws	p. 114
Living under Jim Crow Laws	p. 121
Helen Leaves Birmingham	p. 125
Bull Connor Arrests Senator Taylor	p. 131
The Problem with Segregated Schools: Brown v. Board of Education	p. 137
The Perfect Storm	p. 144
The Shortage of Black Schools	p. 151
Miss Autherine Lucy and the University of Alabama	p. 155
Riots Break Out on Campus	p. 161
Montgomery's Bus Boycott	p. 169
Growing Up in Jim Crow Alabama	p. 175
The Lillie Boman Case	p. 183
The Year of Greatest Conflict: 1963, Birmingham	p. 189
The Days the Children Marched	p. 199
George Wallace Stands in the Schoolhouse Door	p. 202
Frustration and Fury in Washington	p. 208
Holidays after a Long Hot Summer	p. 214
1965: Marching toward Freedom	p. 218
Birmingham in 1968: Becoming a New City	p. 226
Our Father's Political Dreams Finally Come True	p. 232
Arthur Davis Shores and the Chaotic 1968 Democratic Convention	p. 235
Final Days	p. 242
A Personal Memory by Judge Helen Shores Lee	p. 250
A Personal Memory by Barbara Sylvia Shores	p. 254
Two Congressional Records Citing the Work of Arthur D. Shores	p. 259
Lifetime Awards, Honors, Services, and Accomplishments of Arthur D. Shores	p. 263
Copies of Important Letters to or from Arthur D. Shores	p. 267
About the Authors	p. 279
Sources	p. 282
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The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill

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