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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809925103321

Autore

Kimbrough Mary

Titolo

Victory without violence : the first ten years of the St. Louis Committee of Racial Equality (CORE), 1947-1957 / / Mary Kimbrough and Margaret W. Dagen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8262-6270-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DagenMargaret W. <1919-2002.>

Disciplina

323.1/196073077866

Soggetti

African Americans - Segregation - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century

Civil rights movements - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century

Saint Louis (Mo.) Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- A Nation of Closed Doors -- A Crack in the Door -- A Plan of Action -- A Case Study: Shop Here but Do Not Eat Here -- Dime Stores, Drugstores, CORE -- Other Confrontations -- One Door Opens -- Others Remain Closed -- Winning Them Over -- In Their Own Words -- The Legacy, an Update -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.