Long Time Coming [Hardcover]

Petric J. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1994

An insider’s story of the Birmingham church bombing.

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This is the autobiographical account of a woman who, despite considerable danger to her life, testified against her uncle Robert Chambliss in a 1977 trial at which Chambliss was charged with the bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama, black church in 1963 and the murder of one of four girls killed in the explosion. It is as much a compelling story about Cobbs, her family, and the fear that Chambliss instilled in them as it is of Chambliss's terrorist acts in the Ku Klux Klan and of the Civil Rights struggle of the Sixties. Although choppy and repetitive, Cobbs's narrative is fascinating because of her honesty and courage; it's also riveting in its details about KKK crimes committed against black Americans. Even though her uncle was found guilty, Cobbs claims others involved in the crime were never prosecuted because of a coverup by the FBI and Alabama local officials. Adding spice to an already hot story, Cobbs relates highly unconventional changes in her personal life (becoming a Methodist pastor and undergoing a sex change). For general biography and history collections.
Jack Forman, Mesa Coll. Lib., San Diego
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Crane Hill Publishers; 1st edition (January 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881548104
• ISBN-13: 978-1881548102
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,509,403 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Page Burner, January 20, 2002

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Patricia Horton "Hortonsbks" (St. Petersburg, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Time Coming (Hardcover)

With another of the Birmingham bombers coming to trial this month for the killing of the four little girls, this book concerning the conviction of the first one is a page burner. Robert Chamblis' neice witnessed against and helped to convict him. In this book, she takes us behind the scenes of the KKK and the bombings and murders committed by the Cahaba Boys. I recommend this for anyone interested in the Civil Rights Struggle.