03563nam 2200721 a 450 991082205600332120200520144314.00-8147-4365-X10.18574/9780814743652(CKB)2520000000007942(EBL)2081600(OCoLC)646885705(SSID)ssj0000483046(PQKBManifestationID)11320566(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483046(PQKBWorkID)10529479(PQKB)10470567(MiAaPQ)EBC2081600(DE-B1597)547728(DE-B1597)9780814743652(OCoLC)1227051389(MdBmJHUP)muse86814(Au-PeEL)EBL2081600(CaPaEBR)ebr10354091(MiAaPQ)EBC3025624(Au-PeEL)EBL3025624(OCoLC)928197812(EXLCZ)99252000000000794220090108d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBloody Lowndes civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt /Hasan Kwame Jeffries1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20091 online resource (372 p.)Originally published: 2009.0-8147-4331-5 0-8147-4305-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to personal interviews with Lowndes County residents, Hasan Kwame Jeffries tells the remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement.African AmericansCivil rightsAlabamaLowndes CountyHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsAlabamaLowndes CountyHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansAlabamaLowndes CountyPolitics and government20th centuryLowndes County (Ala.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryBlack Belt (Ala. and Miss.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryLowndes County (Ala.)Politics and government20th centuryBlack Belt (Ala. and Miss.)Politics and government20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryAfrican AmericansPolitics and government323.11970761/465Jeffries Hasan Kwame1973-1721672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822056003321Bloody Lowndes4121455UNINA