Bloody Lowndes : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt /

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Winner of the 2010 Clinton Jackson Coley Award for the best book on local history from the Alabama Historical Association Early in 1966, African Americans in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), established an all-black, indepe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Lowndes County > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > Lowndes County > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Alabama > Lowndes County > Politics and government > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Alabama > Lowndes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Alabama > Lowndes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Alabama > Lowndes > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Politics and government
Civil rights movements
Politics and government
Race relations
Afro-amerikaner > Medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter.
Lowndes County (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Lowndes County (Ala.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Black Belt (Alab. et Mississ.) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Alabama > Lowndes County
United States > Black Belt
History
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Sumario:Winner of the 2010 Clinton Jackson Coley Award for the best book on local history from the Alabama Historical Association Early in 1966, African Americans in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), established an all-black, independent political party called the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). The group, whose ballot symbol was a snarling black panther, was formed in part to protest the barriers to black enfranchisement that had for decades kept every single African American of voting age off the county's regis.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 348 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-315) and index.
ISBN:9780814743652
081474365X

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