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Aram Goudsouzian

Biography

Aram Goudsouzian

Aram Goudsouzian is chair of the history department at the University of Memphis. He earned his B.A. from Colby College and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He is the author of KING OF THE COURT: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution, THE HURRICANE OF 1938, and SIDNEY POITIER: Man, Actor, Icon. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

Aram Goudsouzian

Books by Aram Goudsouzian

Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear
by Aram Goudsouzian - History, Nonfiction

DOWN TO THE CROSSROADS is the story of the last great march of the Martin Luther King, Jr. era, and the first great showdown of the turbulent years that followed. Depicting rural demonstrators’ courage and the impassioned debates among movement leaders, Aram Goudsouzian reveals the legacy of an event that would both integrate African Americans into the political system and inspire even bolder protests against it.