Won over : reflections of a federal judge on his journey from Jim Crow Mississippi /

"What was it like growing up white in Mississippi as the Civil Rights Movement exploded in the Fifties and Sixties? How did white children reconcile the decency and fairness taught by their parents with the indecency and unfairness of the "Mississippi Way of Life," the genteel euphemi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alsup, William H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, [2019]
Temas:
Alsup, William H. > Childhood and youth.
Cupit, Danny > Childhood and youth.
University of Mississippi > Students > Biography.
University of Mississippi.
1900-1999
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
Law students > Mississippi > Biography.
Youth, White > Mississippi > Biography.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Racism > Mississippi.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Biographies.
Étudiants en droit > Mississippi > Biographies.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Racisme > Mississippi.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Childhood and youth of a person
Civil rights movements.
Civil rights workers.
Law students.
Race relations.
Racism.
Students.
Youth, White.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Jackson (Miss.) > Biography.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Jackson.
Autobiography
Biography
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The billboard
  • Mississippi
  • The Mississippi way of life
  • Separate but equal all over again
  • Catastrophe
  • Pals
  • The right of protest
  • Blowing in the wind
  • Camelot and Cuba
  • James Meredith at Ole Miss
  • Utterly empty
  • Cool like the Kennedys
  • A ride on the rails
  • That word
  • "We are for civil rights for Negroes"
  • The murder of Medgar Evers
  • Class reunion
  • The summer of 1963
  • A dinner at Lalime's
  • Get an education: the ticket to somewhere
  • MSU debate
  • A blood-soaked miracle: the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Danny Cupit
  • Our condolences to Charles Evers
  • Another miracle: the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • National contenders
  • The coolest place on campus
  • Setting the stage
  • Inspired by Bobby
  • The Meredith march and Dr. King
  • Katrina
  • A stand against evil
  • The first Black speaker on a white campus in Mississippi
  • Reprisals
  • Riding the wind
  • A tank commander
  • More assassinations
  • Danny brings the first amendment to Mississippi
  • Back home in Mississippi
  • Mississippi in the Sierra
  • Willanna
  • What became of us
  • Conclusion

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