Daybreak of Freedom : The Montgomery Bus Boycott /

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"The Montgomery bus boycott was a formative moment in twentieth-century history: a harbinger of the African American freedom movement, a springboard for the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., and a crucial step in the struggle to realize the American dream of liberty and equality for all. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Burns, Stewart (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Segregatie.
Boycotacties.
Autobussen.
Aufsatzsammlung
Rassendiskriminierung
Personenbeförderung
Segregation in transportation.
Race relations.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Noirs americains > Droits > Alabama > Montgomery > Histoire > 20e siecle > Sources.
Segregation dans le transport > Alabama > Montgomery > Histoire > 20e siecle > Sources.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Sources.
Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Sources.
Montgomery, Ala.
Alabama > Montgomery.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > Sources.
Sources.
History.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The Montgomery bus boycott was a formative moment in twentieth-century history: a harbinger of the African American freedom movement, a springboard for the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., and a crucial step in the struggle to realize the American dream of liberty and equality for all. In Daybreak of Freedom, Stewart Burns presents a groundbreaking documentary history of the boycott. Using an extraordinary array of more than one hundred original documents, he crafts a compelling and comprehensive account of this celebrated year-long protest of racial segregation."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469602387

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