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There's Hope for the World : The Memoir of Birmingham, Alabama's First African American Mayor
On a sultry September morning in 1955, a young African American man, the son of share croppers, boarded a Greyhound bus in Birmingham, Alabama, to leave his home state for the first time in his life. He was headed for the University of Detroit on a teaching scholarship from Miles College. Richard Ar...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; 1. Leaving City Hall: The Last Day; 2. Early Life Overview: The Journey from Sharecropping to City Hall; 3. The Call of Political Leadership: The Council Race and First Mayoral Election (A Revival of Hope); 4. Police Brutality: Terrorism in Birmingham; 5. Police Reform: A First Priority; Illustrations follow page 90 and page 178; 6. The Controversial Reign of Chief Artie Deutsch; 7. The Beginning of the Federal Investigation; 8. In the Eye of a Corruption Probe: FBI Surveillance; 9. Feds Designate Me as a Target of Grand Jury Investigation.
- 10. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI)11. Keeping the City Viable: Annexations and Economic Development; 12. The Jefferson County Citizens Coalition (JCCC); 13. Politics and Football: The University of Alabama, Auburn, UAB, and the Magic City Classic; 14. Stepping-stones: Transition and Reconciliation; Notes; Index.