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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790675003321

Autore

Widell Robert W

Titolo

Birmingham and the Long Black Freedom Struggle [[electronic resource] /] / by Robert W. Widell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-349-46501-1

1-137-34096-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Black History

Disciplina

323.11960730761781

Soggetti

Social history

United States-History

History, Modern

Civilization-History

America-History

World politics

Social History

US History

Modern History

Cultural History

History of the Americas

Political History

Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"To stay and fight" : Birmingham's civil rights story and twentieth century black protest -- Origins of the Committee for Equal Job Opportunity -- Delay, retaliation, and the legal process -- Staying active and branching out -- The Poor People's Campaign and welfare rights -- Community health, municipal services, and police brutality -- The Public Employees Organizing Committee -- Origins of the Alabama Black Liberation Front -- Black power at the local level -- Repression and backlash -- The "long" movement and the South.



Sommario/riassunto

Birmingham, Alabama looms large in the history of the twentieth-century black freedom struggle, but to date historians have mostly neglected the years after 1963. Here, author Robert Widell explores the evolution of Birmingham black activism into the 1970s, providing a valuable local perspective on the "long" black freedom struggle.