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A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s /

In this personal story of a historic time in Chicago, the author follows the unfolding action of the Civil Rights Movement as it played out in the Windy City. The author's participation as a white activist for Black rights offers a unique, firsthand viewpoint on the debates, boycotts, marches,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McKersie, Robert B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The First Unitarian Church of Chicago : my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett
  • Campaigns on the employment front
  • The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black
  • Campaigns on the education front
  • The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up
  • Spring and summer 1965 : marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher
  • A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory
  • Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965
  • The campaign for open housing, summer 1966
  • Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise
  • The movement and the decade wind down
  • Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church
  • Race relations and the personal equation.