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The Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill
The Untold Story of Arthur Shores and His Family's Fight for Civil Rights
Narrator: Valeri Ross
Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 08/28/2012
Category: Biography & Autobiography - Historical
Synopsis
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 districtâa 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 âDynamite Hill.âDue to his work, Shoresâ 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 familyâs 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 familyâs unfair suffering, but also of the Shoresâ overcoming. This familyâs 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.