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Autore |
Thornton J. Mills <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Dividing lines : municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma / / J. Mills Thornton III |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (749 p.) |
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323.1/1960730761/09045 |
323.11960730761 |
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Soggetti |
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Civil rights movements - Alabama - History - 20th century |
African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama |
Political culture - Alabama - History - 20th century |
Montgomery (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century |
Birmingham (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century |
Selma (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century |
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Formato |
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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-696) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Montgomery; 3. Birmingham; 4. Selma; 5. Aftermath; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With this bold offering from two decades of research, J. Mills Thornton III presents the story of the civil rights movement from the perspective of community-municipal history at the grassroots level. Thornton demonstrates that the movement had powerful local sources in its three birth cities-Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. There, the arcane mechanisms of state and city governance and the missteps of municipal politicians and civic leaders-independent of emerging national trends in racial mores-led to the great swell of energy for change that became the civil rights movement. < |
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