The Selma of the North : civil rights insurgency in Milwaukee /

This title tells a story that is important for its insights into civil rights history. It includes the debate over nonviolence and armed self-defence, and the dynamic between southern and northern activism. It looks at how between 1958 and 1970, a movement for racial justice emerged from circumstanc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Patrick D.
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Temas:
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History > 20th century.
Insurgency > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History > 20th century.
Community life > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Politics and government > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Révoltes > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Communauté > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > Histoire > 20e siècle.
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Politics and government
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Milwaukee (Wis.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Milwaukee (Wis.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
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Milwaukee, Wis.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Ethnic Milwaukee and the Black community
  • Early protest politics
  • The campaign to end school segregation
  • Father [James] Groppi's civil rights awakening
  • The Youth Council and Commandos
  • Police-community tensions and the 1967 riot
  • The struggle for open housing
  • Black power politics
  • The decline of direct action
  • Conclusion : "We are destined ..."

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