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Taking the Fight South : Chronicle of a Jew's Battle for Civil Rights in Mississippi /

"Taking the Fight South provides a timely and telling reminder of the vigilance democracy requires if racial justice is to be fully realized. Distinguished historian and civil rights activist Howard Ball has written dozens of books during his career, including the landmark biography of Thurgood...

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Autor principal: Ball, Howard, 1937- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2021
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Jennifer A. Stollman
  • Preface
  • Going down to Mississippi
  • Jewish community in Starkville, Mississippi, and we "fast-talkin' New York Jews"
  • "Hey, Rabbi" : refereeing football games in the Magnolia State
  • Confronting racism while serving the ACLU in Mississippi
  • Defending the 1965 Voting Rights Act
  • Solitary Jew on campus and in the field
  • Leaving the Magnolia State
  • Conclusion: Yin/yang of life in Mississippi, and two men from Union collide.