Champions of Civil and Human Rights in South Carolina, Volume 1

"Interviews with Fred Henderson Moore, James E. Sulton Sr., and Matthew Douglas McCollom, for example, offer valuable insight into the struggle for racial justice in Orangeburg, South Carolina, in the years preceding the Orangeburg Massacre, providing critical context to a tradegy too often described as an isolated incident."—The Journal of Southern History

"Lare's comprehensive book offers a compelling overview of the full spectrum of iconic heroes who paved the way for progress we have made in racial change. Once I began reading, I could not stop. This is a must-read contribution to our largely untold history."—Cecil Williams, author, photographer, director, Historical Preservation, Claflin University

"With sensitivity and skill, through first person accounts, Marvin Lare weaves a tapestry of heroic involvement in the struggle for civil rights that reflects our longing for social justice."—Keller Bumgardner Barron, ERA Ratification Campaign, chair, 1972-76, League of Women Voters of the United States

"In Champions, Marvin Lare has assembled a remarkable set of interviews with known and unknown activists who brought civil rights to fruition in South Carolina. Their unvarnished reflections include moving stories of individual and community struggles sustained by determination, courage, and sacrifice."—Hayes Mizell, director (1987-2003), Program for Student Achievement, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

"Marvin Ira Lare deserves thanks for amassing in one series an encyclopedia of knowledge that documents the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina from its inception through 1980. Through oral histories, documents, interviews and photos, Lare provides the data that will attract researchers, teachers, students, and the interested public for years. The reader will better understand the social complexity of the 20th century, through the voices of national, state, and local leaders who advocated for freedom and civil rights. Lare's work lays the foundation to help us more clearly understand the contemporary questions of race and justice in South Carolina."—Randy Akers, executive director, South Carolina Humanities