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Outside the Magic Circle : The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr /

Virginia Foster Durr is the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, and she was raised in Birmingham during the early years of this century. She attended Wellesley for two years, until her family's circumstances made it impossible for her to continue. Virginia's sister Josephine married Hugo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Durr, Virginia Foster
Otros Autores: Barnard, Hollinger F., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1990, 1985.
Edición:Paperback ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Illustrations; Foreword; Editor's Note; Part One. Birmingham, 1903-1933; 1. Family, Nursie, the Church; 2. Growing Up: Beaus, New York, Sister and Hugo; 3. College Student and Debutante; 4. Marriage, Junior League, and the Depression; Part Two. Washington, D.C., 1933-1949; 5. Seminary Hill; 6. Initiation into Politics; 7. The Southern Conference for Human Welfare; 8. Wartime on Seminary Hill; 9. Poll Tax Politics; 10. Southern Politicians; 11. The Beginning of the Cold War and the End of the Poll Tax Committee; 12. Campaigning for Henry Wallace; 13. The Anti-Communist Crowd.
  • 14. Cliff15. The Loyalty Oath Cases; Part Three. Denver, 1950-1951; 16. Cliff's Back and Virginia's Petition; Part Four. Montgomery, 1951-1976; 17. Family and Friends; 18. The Eastland Hearing; 19. Brown, Buses, and Bombs; 20. Civil Rights in the Courts and on the Streets; 21. White Southerners; 22. Getting the Next Thing Done; Index.