The only black attorney in Selma, Alabama, during 1965 recounts his participation in the civil rights movement and his fight since the 1960s against segregation and prejudice This is quite simply one of the best Civil Rights autobiographies yet to appear. Coauthored with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Cass, Black in Selma tells the story of black lawyer/activist Chestnut on three basic levels. It is a classic American success story, as a determined black youth overcomes discrimination to become one of Alabama's most successful lawyers. It is a story of local, grass-roots Civil Rights activities rather than "big" national figures like Martin Luther King Jr. Finally, unlike most such accounts, it deals as much with the complex and difficult implementation of social change as it does understanding of recent U.S. history. Highly recommended for all libraries. -Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.