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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marsh, Charles, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights > Mississippi > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Civil rights workers > Religious life > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Vie religieuse > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
African Americans > Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Civil rights > Religious aspects > Christianity
Civil rights workers > Religious life
Race relations
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Christentum
Schwarze
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee.
Burgerrechten.
Geloof.
Zwarten.
Geschichte 1964.
Mississippi > Race relations.
Mississippi > Church history > 20th century.
Mississippi > Relations raciales.
Mississippi > Histoire religieuse > 20e siècle.
Mississippi
Staat Mississippi
Schwärze
Church history
History
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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