{"product_id":"in-my-place-9780679748182","title":"In My Place","description":"The award-winning correspondent for the MacNeil\/Lehrer NewsHour gives a moment-by-moment account of her walk into history when, as a 19-year-old, she challenged Southern law--and Southern violence--to become the first black woman to attend the University of Georgia. A powerful act of witness to the brutal realities of segregation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlayne Hunter-Gault \u003c\/b\u003eis a journalist and former NPR correspondent. She chronicled her experience as one of the first two black students to enroll in the University of Georgia in her memoir \u003ci\u003eIn My Place\u003c\/i\u003e. Hunter-Gault also received two Emmys and a Peabody for her work on the \u003ci\u003eNewsHour \u003c\/i\u003eseries, \u003ci\u003eApartheid's People. \u003c\/i\u003eHer other works include \u003ci\u003eTo the Mountaintops: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412793364754,"sku":"9780679748182","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5952bb70-549f-441b-9071-cf43bbedee8d.jpg?v=1729328522","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-my-place-9780679748182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}