Stories of struggle : the clash over civil rights in South Carolina / Claudia Smith Brinson.

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"The end of desegregation and the attainment of civil rights for South Carolina's African American community from the 1940s through the 1960s was a long and arduous struggle. Enduring lynchings, death threats, bombs, robed Klansmen, burning crosses, whippings, beatings, arson, and venemous hatred, A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brinson, Claudia Smith (Author)
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Subjects:
African American civil rights workers > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
South Carolina.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 362 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Fearless Leader: James Myles Hinton Sr.
  • No Such Thing as Standing Still: Briggs v. Elliott
  • Forward Motion: Cecil Augustus Ivory
  • Whatever They Call You: Student Sit-Ins
  • You Thought We'd Say, "Sorry, Boss": The Charleston Hospital Strike.