Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear / Aram Goudsouzian.

"The engrossing story of a march that became the key turning point in the history of the civil rights movement On June 5, 1966, the civil rights hero James Meredith left Memphis, Tennessee, on foot. Setting off toward Jackson, Mississippi, he hoped his march would promote Black voter registration a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goudsouzian, Aram (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Subjects:
Meredith, James, > 1933-
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Mississippi > Biography.
African American college students > Mississippi > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Black power > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Voter registration > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Civil rights demonstrations > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Sociological.
Genre:
Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Sociological.
Physical Description:[ix], 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Map
  • Prologue: A New Day
  • 1. The Bible and the Gun
  • 2. Leaving Egypt
  • 3. Bargains in Blood
  • 4. Daylight Breaking
  • 5. Registering Is All Right
  • 6. The World Is Watching
  • 7. Everybody Should Have Their March
  • 8. Standing Tall
  • 9. Politics and Poverty
  • 10. Down to the Crossroads
  • 11. The Crow and the Blackbird
  • 12. Delta Blues
  • 13. Brotherly Love
  • 14. The Prize Bull
  • 15. The Shadow of Death
  • 16. Uninvited Guests
  • 17. We're the Greatest
  • 18. Dreams and Nightmares
  • Epilogue: Highway 51 Revisited.