The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill: The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family’s Fight for Civil Rights
Written by Helen Shores Lee, Barbara Sylvia Shores and Denise George
Narrated by Valeri Ross
()
About this audiobook
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.
Helen Shores Lee
Judge Helen Shores Lee was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Arthur and Theodora Shores. She has been married to Robert M. Lee, Sr. for fifty years. Judge Lee and her husband have two sons, one daughter, and five grandchildren. They are members of First Congregational Christian Church where she formerly served on the Board of Trustees.
Related to The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill
Related audiobooks
In Search of Black America: Discovering the African-American Dream Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Tapestry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Reckoning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Getting to the Promised Land: Black America and the Unfinished Work of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGirl in Black and White: The Story of Mary Mildred Williams and the Abolition Movement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Hands, White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Voiceless Stories of Miss Ada Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Getting Our Breath Back Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5What You Sow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDepartures Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notes from 1619: A Poetic 400-Year Reflection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer - Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Driving the King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Witnesses for the Dead: Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last Block in Harlem Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part 1: The Witness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow Response To George Floyd’S Death Reflects ‘Accumulated Grievance’ Of Black America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Walk Through Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Historical Biographies For You
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Charlie Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Up From Slavery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shakespeare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil and Harper Lee Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Professor and The Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lincoln Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Diary of Anne Frank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Moveable Feast Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leonardo da Vinci Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Benjamin Franklin Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill
0 ratings0 reviews