Student Activism and Civil Rights in Mississippi : Protest Politics and the Struggle for Racial Justice, 1960-1965 /

"In 1960, students supporting civil rights moved into Mississippi and challenged white supremacy by encouraging African Americans to reassert the rights guaranteed them under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The ensuing social upheaval changed the state...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marshall, James P., 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Student movements.
Politics and government
College students > Political activity.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Politics and government.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African American college students > Political activity.
Noirs americains > Droits > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Étudiants > Activite politique > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Mississippi > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
Mouvements etudiants > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American college students > Political activity > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
College students > Political activity > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Mississippi > Politics and government > 20th century.
Student movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In 1960, students supporting civil rights moved into Mississippi and challenged white supremacy by encouraging African Americans to reassert the rights guaranteed them under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The ensuing social upheaval changed the state forever. In Student Activism and Civil Rights in Mississippi, James P. Marshall, a former civil rights activist, tells the complete story of the quest for racial equality in Mississippi. Using a variety of sources as well as his own memories, Marshall weaves together an astonishing account of student protestors and local activists who risked their lives by fighting against southern resistance and federal inaction. Their efforts, and the horrific violence inflicted on them, helped push many non-southerners and the federal government into action, culminating in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act--measures that destroyed legalized segregation and disfranchisement."--Publisher description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages): maps ;
ISBN:9780807149850

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