The Civil rights movement [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Thomas C. Holt.

"It may seem odd that a very short book should have incurred such a long list of people to whom I am endebted, but most of these debts were acquired long before this project was even conceived. Some are owed to my maternal grandmother Carrie for the stories she shared during idle moments on our back...

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Main Author: Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas Cleveland), 1942- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:Very short introductions
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Variant Title:
The Civil Rights Movement: A Very Short Introduction
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction: Carrie's Rebellion
  • Before Montgomery
  • Communities organizing for change: New South cities 29 3. Communities organizing for change: The new "Old South" 51 4. Organizing in the "American Congo": Mississippi's Freedom Summer and its aftermath
  • Freedom movements in the North 93 6. Legacies: "Freedom is a constant struggle".