Dividing lines : municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma / / J. Mills Thornton III

• Autore: Thornton J. Mills <1943->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (749 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1/1960730761/09045; 323.11960730761
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights movements - Alabama - History - 20th century; African Americans - Civil rights - Alabama; Political culture - Alabama - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Montgomery (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century; Birmingham (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century; Selma (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-696) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Montgomery; 3. Birmingham; 4. Selma; 5. Aftermath; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. <
• Altri titoli varianti: Municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma
• Titolo autorizzato: Dividing lines
• ISBN: 0-8173-8098-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971291003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II