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Jeffries Hasan Kwame <1973-> |
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Bloody Lowndes [[electronic resource] ] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (372 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Lowndes County - History - 20th century |
Civil rights movements - Alabama - Lowndes County - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Alabama - Lowndes County - Politics and government - 20th century |
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Lowndes County (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century |
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Race relations History 20th century |
Lowndes County (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century |
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Politics and government 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 2009. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead. |
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Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to personal |
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