Student Activism and Civil Rights in Mississippi : Protest Politics and the Struggle for Racial Justice, 1960-1965 /

"In 1960, students supporting civil rights moved into Mississippi and challenged white supremacy by encouraging African Americans to reassert the rights guaranteed them under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The ensuing social upheaval changed the state...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Marshall, James P., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Student movements.
Politics and government
College students > Political activity.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American college students > Political activity.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Étudiants > Activite politique > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Mississippi > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
Mouvements etudiants > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American college students > Political activity > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
College students > Political activity > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Mississippi > Politics and government > 20th century.
Student movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The incipient movement
  • The decision to go into voter registration
  • Warming up Mississippi : the movement becomes a local thing
  • Commitment aborted
  • The stalemated movement
  • The birth of protest politics
  • Freedom summer, part I
  • Freedom summer, part II
  • The political organization of protest politics, part I
  • The political organization of protest politics, part II
  • Appendix: The power of protection : the federal government.

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