03013nam 2200673Ia 450 99624832260331620200520144314.00-8173-8098-1(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(MiAaPQ)EBC438228(MdBmJHUP)muse8628(Au-PeEL)EBL438228(CaPaEBR)ebr10387648(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. <Civil rights movementsAlabamaHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsAlabamaPolitical cultureAlabamaHistory20th centuryMontgomery (Ala.)Politics and government20th centuryBirmingham (Ala.)Politics and government20th centurySelma (Ala.)Politics and government20th centuryElectronic books.Civil rights movementsHistoryAfrican AmericansCivil rightsPolitical cultureHistory323.1/1960730761/09045323.11960730761Thornton J. Mills1943-1008828MiAaPQBOOK996248322603316Dividing lines2327732UNISA