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Greenhaw Wayne <1940-> |
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Fighting the devil in Dixie [[electronic resource] ] : how civil rights activists took on the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama / / Wayne Greenhaw |
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Chicago, : Lawrence Hill Books, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - History - 20th century |
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Alabama Race relations History 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Willie's first day -- The legacy of Willie Edwards -- Klan on trial -- Hound-dog determined -- "Fight everything segregated" -- The making of a segregationist -- The pair from Howard -- "Segregation forever!" -- Education of a liberal -- Country boy lawyer -- The Alabama story -- Requiem for Jimmie Lee Jackson -- Don Quixote of the South -- The southern courier -- The rise of John Hulett -- Southern Poverty Law Center -- The people's attorney general -- Breaking the Klan -- "Forgive me, for I have sinned' -- "Like a mighty stream". |
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