Today we’re excited to chat with Joan Trumpauer Mulholland,
the inspiration behind She Stood For Freedom!
Below you’ll find more about Joan’s personal experience with segregation,
and the book that tells her story, plus a giveaway!
She Stood For Freedom is the story of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland as she joins the Civil Rights Movement to help change the injustice that segregation brought to the United States. Joan was involved in several historically significant events during the time of segregation such as :
The Freedom Rides of 1961
The Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins in Jackson, MS ~ 1963
The March on Washington with Dr Martin Luther King ~ 1963
The Selma to Montgomery March ~ 1965
She Stood For Freedom is written and told by Joan’s son, Loki Mulholland, Loki writes about his mother’s experiences and how her life was completely changed when she decided to take a stand for what she believed in. Loki tells his mother’s story through letters, photos, newspaper clippings, art work, and her own words.
During the phone interview with Joan it was very clear how much passion Joan had and still has for the cause. Joan describes The Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in at Jackson Mississippi as one of the most inspirational events that she experienced during the Civil Rights Movement era. Joan talks in detail about her experience during that day and how the events of the day have affected her for the rest of her life.
Joan states that during the events that took place on that day she remembered telling herself:
“Anyone can make a difference. It doesn’t matter how old or young you are. Find a problem, get some friends together, and go fix it.
Remember, you don’t have to change the world….just change your world.”
There are images of original newspaper clippings, photos, and documents all throughout the book that really reflect the truth behind what really happened during the Civil Rights Movement and the experiences that Joan went through during her struggle to help bring segregation to an end.
Just getting to talk with Joan and to hear her retell her life story was truly eye-opening and with each unique story that Joan describes..you can still hear the power in her voice and the passion she feels for her story and her experiences.
Meet She Stood For Freedom!
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, was a white, Southern teenager who joined the Civil Rights movement to fight injustice, and her unflagging determination and incredible bravery put her in the middle of key events of the time.
She was a Freedom Rider imprisoned and put on death row at the notorious Parchman Penitentiary in 1961. In 1963, she was the first to cross the color line at Woolworth’s lunch counter. Then she participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery and the March on Washington. In doing so, Ms. Mulholland crossed paths with many heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hammer, Robert F. Kennedy, and John Lewis.
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Meet Loki Mulholland!
Loki Mulholland is the award-winning filmmaker of An Ordinary Hero which tells his mother’s story and he is the founder and Executive Director of the Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Foundation, a non-profit established to educate youth about Civil Rights and to encourage young people to make a positive change in their communities.
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She Stood For Freedom
By: Loki Mulholland
Release Date: August 6, 2016
*GIVEAWAY DETAILS*
Five winners will receive a signed copy of She Stood For Freedom (US only).
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Loki, when did you first realize that your mom was so involved in the civil rights movement, and how, if at all did it affect your opinion of her.
With all the turmoil going on now this sounds like such a inspiring read!
And I love the collage art on the cover!
I would like to know what was the catalyst to Loki feeling like this story needed to be told? Did something occur, was it a conversation, and what made her decide this needs to be a book as well?
After researching her life, would you be able to do the same thing or act like she did for a racism/religious rights movement?
Who do you think is the greatest civil leader today? What subject do you think should be talked about more