The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for ChangeAn account of the origins, development, and personalities of the Civil Rights movement from 1953-1963. |
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... Baton Rouge . This network gave him access to the resources and organized work forces of the church community . In ad- dition to managing his own large church congregation , Reverend Je- mison belonged to the Baton Rouge Community Group ...
... Baton Rouge . This network gave him access to the resources and organized work forces of the church community . In ad- dition to managing his own large church congregation , Reverend Je- mison belonged to the Baton Rouge Community Group ...
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... Baton Rouge was easier than in some later movements , because the white power structure did not stand solidly behind the striking bus drivers . That does not diminish its importance as a major victory against the Jim Crow system in Baton ...
... Baton Rouge was easier than in some later movements , because the white power structure did not stand solidly behind the striking bus drivers . That does not diminish its importance as a major victory against the Jim Crow system in Baton ...
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... Baton Rouge boy- cott . 13. Ibid . 14. Ibid . 15. Jemison interview . 16. This position differs from that of Meier and Rudwick , who argue , “ The Baton Rouge boycott did not inspire similar demonstrations in other cities . " Ibid . , p ...
... Baton Rouge boy- cott . 13. Ibid . 14. Ibid . 15. Jemison interview . 16. This position differs from that of Meier and Rudwick , who argue , “ The Baton Rouge boycott did not inspire similar demonstrations in other cities . " Ibid . , p ...
Contents
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR | 40 |
The Decentralized Political | 77 |
Copyright | |
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Abernathy ACMHR activists activities affiliates Alabama Albany Albany movement Baker Baptist Church Baton Rouge became began Birmingham black church black community buses Carolina charismatic Citizenship Schools civil rights movement Clark collective behavior Committee confrontation Connor CORE CORE's Court demonstrations desegregation developed direct action domination E. D. Nixon economic Ella Baker financed Fred Shuttlesworth ganizations groups Highlander Horton Ibid important indigenous interview jail James Bevel Jemison Kelly Miller Smith King's large numbers Lawson Martin Luther King mass meetings mass movement McCain ment MLK:BU mobilization modern civil rights Montgomery bus boycott movement centers movement halfway houses NAACP Nashville Negro nonviolent organizational participants political president Press racial Reverend role SCEF SCLC SCLC leaders SCLC's segregation Simpkins sit-in movement Smiley SNCC social movements South Southern blacks Southern white strategy struggle tactics Tallahassee tion UCMI vote white power structure workshops wrote York