Beaches, blood, and ballots : a Black doctor's civil rights struggle /

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This book, the first to focus on the integration of the Gulf Coast, is Dr. Gilbert R. Mason's eyewitness account of harrowing episodes that occurred there during the civil rights movement. Newly opened by court order, documents from the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission's secret files enh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mason, Gilbert R.
Other Authors: Smith, James Patterson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2000.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Mason, Gilbert R.
Mason family.
Mason family
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > Biloxi > History > 20th century.
African American physicians > Mississippi > Biloxi > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biloxi > Biography.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > Biloxi > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Biloxi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecins noirs américains > Mississippi > Biloxi > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Mississippi > Biloxi > Biographies.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Biloxi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
African American civil rights workers
African American physicians
African Americans > Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Race relations
Biloxi (Miss.) > Biography.
Biloxi (Miss.) > Race relations.
Mississippi > Biloxi
Autobiography
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; ONE: Beginnings; TWO: Preparation for Service; THREE: Going Home to Serve; FOUR: The Beach; FIVE: The Bloody Wade-In; SIX: Harassment, Lies, and Sovereignty Commission Spies; SEVEN: Ballots, Beaches, and Bullets; EIGHT: Desegregation Now!; NINE: Community Action and Hurricane Camille; TEN: Inclusion, Influence, and Public Responsibilities; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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