Beyond integration : the black freedom struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980 /

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In 1975, Florida's Escambia County experienced a pernicious chain of events. A sheriff's deputy killed a young black man at point-blank range. Months of protests against police brutality followed. Viewing the events within the context of the broader civil rights movement, J. Michael Butler...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butler, J. Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Temas:
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Florida > Escambia County.
Racism > Florida > Escambia County > History.
Civil rights movements > Florida > Escambia County > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
Racism.
Escambia County (Fla.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Florida > Escambia County.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : conflict, power, and the long civil rights movement in northwest Florida
  • Patterns of protest in Escambia County
  • The movement evolves
  • Cultural imagery, school integration, and the lost cause
  • Racial irritants
  • Who shall we incarcerate?
  • Opposition familiar and unanticipated
  • The state of Florida v. B.J. Brooks and H.K. Matthews
  • Clouds of interracial revolution
  • The consequences of powerlessness
  • Legacy of a struggle
  • Appendix: demographic, economic and educational data referenced in chapter 10.

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