Civil Rights in the Gateway to the South : Louisville, Kentucky, 1945-1980 /

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Historian K'Meyer "provides the first comprehensive look at the distinctive elements of Louisville's civil rights movement. K'Meyer frames her ... analysis by defining a border as a space where historical patterns and social concerns overlap. From this vantage point, she argues t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: K'Meyer, Tracy Elaine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Civil rights movements > Kentucky > Louisville > 20th century.
African Americans > Kentucky > Louisville > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Kentucky > Louisville > History > 20th century.
Louisville (Ky.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Gateway to the South
  • Postwar campaigns for citizens' rights
  • Confronting school and residential segregation during the Cold War
  • Open accommodations in the all American city
  • The battle for open housing
  • Building bridges, fighting poverty, and empowering citizens
  • Militancy, repression, and resistance in the black power era
  • Making civil rights gains real
  • The busing crisis
  • Conclusion: Where does the story end?

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