02722nam 2200529Ia 450 991082835740332120200520144314.01-283-73336-60-8203-4328-5(CKB)2670000000276450(EBL)1222469(SSID)ssj0000759769(PQKBManifestationID)12334172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000759769(PQKBWorkID)10783844(PQKB)10892663(MiAaPQ)EBC1222469(EXLCZ)99267000000027645020120307d2012 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe Nashville way racial etiquette and the struggle for social justice in a southern city /Benjamin Houston1st ed.Athens, Ga. University of Georgia Pressc20121 online resource (342 p.)Politics and culture in the twentieth-century SouthDescription based upon print version of record.0-8203-4326-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Nashville Way; One. A Manner of Segregation: Lived Race Relations and Racial Etiquette; Two. The Triumph of Tokenism: Public School Desegregation; Three. The Shame and the Glory: The 1960 Sit-ins; Four. The Kingdom or Individual Desires?: Movement and Resistance during the 1960's; Five. Black Power/White Power: Militancy in Late 1960's Nashville; Six. Cruel Mockeries: Renewing a City; Epilogue. Achieving Justice; Notes; Bibliography; Index;Among Nashville's many slogans, the one that best reflects its emphasis on manners and decorum is the Nashville Way, a phrase coined by boosters to tout what they viewed as the city's amicable race relations. Benjamin Houston offers the first scholarly book on the history of civil rights in Nashville, providing new insights and critiques of this moderate progressivism for which the city has long been credited. Civil rights leaders such as John Lewis, James Bevel, Diane Nash, and James Lawson who came into their own in Nashville were devoted to nonviolent direct action, or what Houston calls...Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century SouthAfrican AmericansTennesseeNashvilleNashville (Tenn.)Race relationsAfrican Americans305.89607685Houston Benjamin1626362MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828357403321The Nashville Way3962332UNINA