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Bloody Lowndes : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries



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Autore: Jeffries Hasan Kwame <1973-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Bloody Lowndes : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
Disciplina: 323.11970761/465
Soggetto topico: African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama - Lowndes County - History - 20th century
Civil rights movements - Alabama - Lowndes County - History - 20th century
African Americans - Alabama - Lowndes County - Politics and government - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Lowndes County (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Race relations History 20th century
Lowndes County (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Politics and government 20th century
Note generali: Originally published: 2009.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.
Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on sources ranging from government documents to personal interviews with Lowndes County residents, Hasan Kwame Jeffries tells the remarkable story of the Lowndes County freedom struggle and its contribution to the larger civil rights movement.
Titolo autorizzato: Bloody Lowndes  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-4365-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822056003321
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