LEADER 03514nam 2200661 450 001 9910463461403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8093-3245-0 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060294 035 $a(EBL)1386797 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000984326 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11546447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000984326 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11011827 035 $a(PQKB)11648256 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1386797 035 $a(OCoLC)858656869 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23574 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1386797 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10764530 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL517439 035 $a(OCoLC)858762730 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060294 100 $a20121026h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA decisive decade $ean insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s /$fRobert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr 210 1$aCarbondale :$cSouthern Illinois University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8093-3244-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation. 330 $aThe deeply personal story of a historic time in Chicago, Robert B. McKersie's A Decisive Decade follows the unfolding action of the Civil Rights Movement as it played out in the Windy City. McKersie's participation as a white activist for black rights offers a unique, firsthand viewpoint on the debates, boycotts, marches, and negotiations that would forever change the face of race relations in Chicago and the United States at large.Described within are McKersie's intimate observations on events as they developed during his participation in such historic occasions as the impass 606 $aAfrican American civil rights workers$zIllinois$zChicago$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights movements$zIllinois$zChicago$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCivil rights workers$zIllinois$zChicago$vBiography 607 $aChicago (Ill.)$xRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American civil rights workers 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights workers 676 $a323.092 676 $aB 700 $aMcKersie$b Robert B$0917267 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463461403321 996 $aA decisive decade$92056436 997 $aUNINA