Freedom's main line : the journey of reconciliation and the Freedom Rides /

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In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial segrega...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Catsam, Derek
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2009.
Colección:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Temas:
1900-1999
Freedom Rides, 1961.
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Civil rights demonstrations > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Segregation in transportation > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Ségrégation dans le transport > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Manifestations pour les droits de l'homme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations
Race relations
Segregation in transportation
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Segregation > Soziologie
Öffentliches Verkehrsmittel
Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Southern States
USA > Südstaaten
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: From Bigger Thomas to Henry Thomas
  • Introduction: How the freedom rides were born (and what they mean)
  • "We challenged Jim Crow" : the journey of reconciliation and the emergence of direct action civil rights protest in the 1940s
  • Erasing the badge of inferiority : segregated interstate transport on the ground and in the courts, 1941-1960
  • "The last supper" : preparing for the freedom rides
  • "Hallelujah, I'm a travelin'!" : freedom riding through the Old Dominion
  • The Carolinas
  • "Blazing Hell" : from Georgia into Alabama
  • The magic city : showdown in Birmingham
  • "I'm riding the front seat to Montgomery this time" : the students take control
  • "We've come too far to turn back" : Montgomery
  • Mississippi : "that irreducible citadel of southernism"
  • Jailed in : from Jackson City Jail to Parchman Farm
  • Conclusion: Legacies of the freedom rides.

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