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God's long summer : stories of faith and civil rights /

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This was the summer when violence against blacks increased at an alarming rate and wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marsh, Charles, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • With God on our side: faiths in conflict
  • "I'm on my way, praise God": Mrs. Hamer's fight for freedom
  • High priest of the Anti-Civil Rights Movement: the calling of Sam Bowers
  • Douglas Hudgins: theologian of the Closed Society
  • Inside agitator: Ed King's church visits
  • Cleveland sellers and the river of no return
  • Clearburning: fragments of a reconciling faith.