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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  • Introduction
  • Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era
  • I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement
  • We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response
  • I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights
  • We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics
  • Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966
  • Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era
  • Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.

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