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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arrington, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
505 8 |a 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. 
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