03243nam 2200733Ia 450 991077837460332120200520144314.00-8173-8098-12027/heb31490(CKB)1000000000479995(EBL)438228(OCoLC)183316586(SSID)ssj0000358956(PQKBManifestationID)11269248(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358956(PQKBWorkID)10381035(PQKB)10551807(SSID)ssj0000140299(PQKBManifestationID)11157365(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140299(PQKBWorkID)10029690(PQKB)11173006(MdBmJHUP)muse8628(Au-PeEL)EBL438228(CaPaEBR)ebr10387648(MiAaPQ)EBC438228(dli)HEB31490(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000179(EXLCZ)99100000000047999520020327d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDividing lines[electronic resource] municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma /J. Mills Thornton IIITuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20021 online resource (749 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1170-X 0-8173-5299-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-696) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Montgomery; 3. Birmingham; 4. Selma; 5. Aftermath; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index 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. <Municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and SelmaCivil rights movementsAlabamaHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsAlabamaPolitical cultureAlabamaHistory20th centuryMontgomery (Ala.)Politics and government20th centuryBirmingham (Ala.)Politics and government20th centurySelma (Ala.)Politics and government20th centuryCivil rights movementsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsPolitical cultureHistory323.1/1960730761/09045323.11960730761Thornton J. Mills1943-1008828MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778374603321Dividing lines3856184UNINA