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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819653203321

Autore

Bates Denise E

Titolo

The other movement : Indian rights and civil rights in the deep south / / Denise E. Bates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8173-8594-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Contemporary American Indian studies

Disciplina

323.1197075

Soggetti

Civil rights movements - Southern States - History

Indian activists - Southern States - History

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

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Indian Groups and Organizations of Alabama and Louisiana; Key People; 1. Back on the Map: The Emergence of a Deep Southern Indian Rights Movement; 2. "We'll Do It in the Spirit of Brotherhood": Inter- Tribal Politics and the Challenge of Centralizing Representation; 3. Acknowledging Indians in a Bipolar South: Shifting Racial Identities; 4. Starting from Scratch: Struggling to Improve Indian Lives; 5. A Regional Makeover: Tourism and How Indians Remade the South; Conclusion; Appendix: Other Tribes of the South; Notes; References

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Sommario/riassunto

The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South examines the most visible outcome of the Southern Indian Rights Movement: state Indian affairs commissions. In recalling political activism in the post-World War II South, rarely does one consider the political activities of American Indians as they responded to desegregation, the passing of the Civil Rights Acts, and the restructuring of the American political party system. Native leaders and activists across the South created a social and political movement all their own, which drew public attention to the