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Civil rights crossroads : nation, community, and the Black freedom struggle
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Civil rights crossroads : nation, community, and the Black freedom struggle / Steven F. Lawson.
ISBN
0813122872 (alk. paper)
Published
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2003.
Physical Description
xiii, 384 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 19, 2003
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-363) and index.
Contents
Studying the Civil Rights Movement
Freedom then, freedom now
Lyndon B. Johnson and the Black freedom struggle
Exploring Johnson's civil rights policy
The improbable emancipator
Mixing moderation with militancy
Civil rights and Black politics
From boycotts to ballots
Preserving the second reconstruction
The unmaking of the second reconstruction
From the bottom up
Florida's little Scottsboro
Investigations and massive resistance
From sit-in to race riot
New paths of exploration
Rock 'n' roll, the payola scandal, and the political culture of civil rights
Women, civil rights, and black liberation.
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