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We shall not be moved : the Jackson Woolworth's sit-in and the movement it inspired /

Once in a great while, a certain photograph captures the essence of an era: three people - one black and two white - demonstrate for equality at a lunch counter while a horde of cigarette-smoking hotshots pour catsup, sugar, and other condiments on the protesters' heads and down their backs. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Brien, M. J., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Julian Bond
  • Prologue
  • Medgar's Mississippi
  • Some people in the photograph
  • Others at the counter
  • Others on the scene
  • North Jackson Action
  • "The beginning of change in Mississippi"
  • More demonstrations, less unity
  • The death of Medgar Evers
  • "The Lord's spontaneous demonstration"
  • Next steps
  • Veterans of domestic wars
  • Epilogue.