Road South A Memoir

As a five-year-old in Homewood, Alabama, Shelley Stewart watched his father kill his mother with an axe. Two years later, Stewart escaped the care of abusive relatives. A stint in the army led to electroshock treatments for trying to integrate whites-only dances. But despite numerous setbacks, he never gave up his will to succeed. Laying the foundation for a 50-year career in broadcasting, Stewart reached out to Jim Crow Alabama with music to integrate his audience, helped launch the careers of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, and Gladys Knight, and helped publicize the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A remarkable witness to and participant in the momentous social changes of the last four decades, Stewart delivers a courageous memoir that readers won't soon forget.Stewart, Shelley is the author of 'Road South A Memoir' with ISBN 9780446690881 and ISBN 0446690880.