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Widell Robert W
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Titolo: |
Birmingham and the Long Black Freedom Struggle / / by Robert W. Widell
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Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina: | 323.11960730761781 |
Soggetto topico: | Social history |
United States-History | |
History, Modern | |
Civilization-History | |
America-History | |
World politics | |
Social History | |
US History | |
Modern History | |
Cultural History | |
History of the Americas | |
Political History | |
Soggetto geografico: | Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | "To stay and fight" : Birmingham's civil rights story and twentieth century black protest -- Origins of the Committee for Equal Job Opportunity -- Delay, retaliation, and the legal process -- Staying active and branching out -- The Poor People's Campaign and welfare rights -- Community health, municipal services, and police brutality -- The Public Employees Organizing Committee -- Origins of the Alabama Black Liberation Front -- Black power at the local level -- Repression and backlash -- The "long" movement and the South. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Birmingham, Alabama looms large in the history of the twentieth-century black freedom struggle, but to date historians have mostly neglected the years after 1963. Here, author Robert Widell explores the evolution of Birmingham black activism into the 1970s, providing a valuable local perspective on the "long" black freedom struggle. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Birmingham and the Long Black Freedom Struggle ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-349-46501-1 |
1-137-34096-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809242503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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