Bloody Lowndes [[electronic resource] ] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries
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Jeffries Hasan Kwame <1973->
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| Titolo: |
Bloody Lowndes [[electronic resource] ] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / / Hasan Kwame Jeffries
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| 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 | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | County |
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| larger | |
| movement | |
| personal | |
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| residents | |
| rights | |
| sources | |
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-4365-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822056003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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