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The sit-ins : protest and legal change in the civil rights era /

On February 1, 1960, four African American college students entered the Woolworth department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sat down at the lunch counter. This lunch counter, like most in the American South, refused to serve black customers. The four students remained in their seats until...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmidt, Christopher W., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Series:Chicago series in law and society.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The students
  • The lawyers
  • The sympathizers
  • The opponents
  • The justices
  • The lawmakers
  • Conclusion.