LEADER 03013nam 2200673Ia 450 001 996248322603316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8098-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479995 035 $a(EBL)438228 035 $a(OCoLC)183316586 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358956 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269248 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358956 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381035 035 $a(PQKB)10551807 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000140299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157365 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10029690 035 $a(PQKB)11173006 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438228 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387648 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479995 100 $a20020327d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDividing lines$b[electronic resource] $emunicipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma /$fJ. Mills Thornton III 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (749 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1170-X 311 $a0-8173-5299-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [585]-696) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Montgomery; 3. Birmingham; 4. Selma; 5. Aftermath; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index 330 $a 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. < 606 $aCivil rights movements$zAlabama$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$zAlabama 606 $aPolitical culture$zAlabama$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aMontgomery (Ala.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aBirmingham (Ala.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aSelma (Ala.)$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil rights movements$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 676 $a323.1/1960730761/09045 676 $a323.11960730761 700 $aThornton$b J. Mills$f1943-$01008828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248322603316 996 $aDividing lines$92327732 997 $aUNISA