Fighting the devil in Dixie : how civil rights activists took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama /

Examining the growth of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) following the birth of the civil rights movement, this book is filled with tales of the heroic efforts to halt their rise to power. Shortly after the success of the Montgomery bus boycott, the KKK, determined to keep segregation as the way of life in Al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenhaw, Wayne, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2011.
Temas:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Alabama > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
African Americans > Civil rights
Race relations
Alabama > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Alabama
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Willie's first day
  • The legacy of Willie Edwards
  • Klan on trial
  • Hound-dog determined
  • "Fight everything segregated"
  • The making of a segregationist
  • The pair from Howard
  • "Segregation forever!"
  • Education of a liberal
  • Country boy lawyer
  • The Alabama story
  • Requiem for Jimmie Lee Jackson
  • Don Quixote of the South
  • The southern courier
  • The rise of John Hulett
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • The people's attorney general
  • Breaking the Klan
  • "Forgive me, for I have sinned'
  • "Like a mighty stream."

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