Alabama's Civil Rights Trail : An Illustrated Guide to the Cradle of Freedom /

The story of the Civil rights movement in Alabama is told city by city, region by region, and town by town, with entries on Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma, Tuscaloosa, Tuskegee, and Mobile, as well as chapters on the Black Belt and the Alabama hill country. Smaller but important locales such as Green...

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Main Authors: Gaillard, Frye, 1946- (Author), DeNeefe, Jane (Author), Lindsay, Jennifer, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Historic sites.
Civil rights movements.
African Americans > Civil rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Alabama > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Alabama > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Historic sites > Alabama > Guidebooks.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Alabama.
Alabama > Guides.
Alabama > Relations raciales.
Alabama > Guidebooks.
Alabama > Race relations.
History.
Guidebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Montgomery story: hallowed ground
  • Birmingham and the American conscience
  • Selma and the right to vote
  • Revolution in the black belt
  • Tuscaloosa and the schoolhouse door
  • The Tuskegee story
  • The burning bus and the Alabama hills
  • Mobile: City of progress, city of backlash
  • Other places on interest.

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