Review_Of_An_Easy_Burden

Review Of An Easy Burden “An Easy Burden” chronicles Andrew Young’s views and inside knowledge of the civil rights movement and race relations in the United States. With his first hand experience with such powerful figures as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Young is able to clear misconceptions and educate people of what the movement was about and why it went where it did. By holding positions in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and also on a governmental level, he allows us to hear a point of view some might never have known. Young was a man who faced many hardships at an early age; one being the color of his skin. Born in New Orleans, he was set in a racially diverse neighborhood. He was educated by his father as to why people acted different towards Young. “Daddy taught me that racism was a sickness, and to have compassion for racist whites as I would have compassion for a polio victim. Racism wasn’t a problem with me, he told me, it was a problem they had.” Although his father told him to take a compassionate approach he didn’t leave him feeling like he was defeated. young, leadership, southern, conference, christian, movement, dr, rights, one, king, civil, book, people, non, new, knowledge, first, change, approach, although, about, violent, told, talks, take, process, message, march, level, group, government, feel, easy, different, being