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UNINA9910460055503321 |
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Dorsey Mignette Y. Patrick |
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Speak truth to power [[electronic resource] ] : the story of Charles Patrick, a civil rights pioneer / / Mignette Y. Patrick Dorsey |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (149 p.) |
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Collana |
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African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Birmingham - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Alabama - Birmingham |
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Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations |
Birmingham (Ala.) Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A nigger defined -- The beating goes on -- The accused is the accuser -- Press attack on the devil's department -- Citizen soldiers aim and write -- The wheel stops turning -- Attorney tango: a lively shuffle -- Battle of the board -- Much ado 'bout civil rights -- Truth to power--a movement missed. |
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On December 11, 1954, Charles Patrick drove to downtown Birmingham to buy a Boy Scout uniform for his son. Christmas traffic around the downtown department stores was heavy, and Patrick circled unsuccessfully until at last a streetside spot opened up and he began to pull in. As he did so, he was cut off by a woman who ordered him out of the way, as she was the wife of a city police officer. Patrick pulled away, remarking, "Ma'am, he doesn't own the streets of Birmingham." Normal low-level urban hassle? Not in 1954 Birmingham, when the woman was white and Pa |
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UNISA996392154403316 |
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Autore |
Dering Edward, Sir, <1598-1644.> |
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Three speeches of Sir Edward Dearings, Knight and Baronet, in the Commons House of Parliament [[electronic resource]] |
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London, : Printed for John Stafford, 1641 |
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Great Britain Politics and government 1642-1649 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. |
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