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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... Executive Board , which included the officers listed above , is instructive . What is striking is that of the ... Executive Officers were either current or former local NAACP presidents ; another had been a local membership chairman ...
... Executive Board , which included the officers listed above , is instructive . What is striking is that of the ... Executive Officers were either current or former local NAACP presidents ; another had been a local membership chairman ...
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... Executive Director . When the SCLC's Executive Board met on November 5 , 1957 , and established the criteria for hiring an Executive Director , Dr. King maintained that the director did not necessarily have to be a minister . Still ...
... Executive Director . When the SCLC's Executive Board met on November 5 , 1957 , and established the criteria for hiring an Executive Director , Dr. King maintained that the director did not necessarily have to be a minister . Still ...
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... Executive Director , Reverend Tilley , lasted one year . Tilley , like most of the SCLC's leadership , was tied to the church ; while serving as Executive Director he also pastored a church in Baltimore . The two responsibilities forced ...
... Executive Director , Reverend Tilley , lasted one year . Tilley , like most of the SCLC's leadership , was tied to the church ; while serving as Executive Director he also pastored a church in Baltimore . The two responsibilities forced ...
Contents
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR | 40 |
The Decentralized Political | 77 |
Copyright | |
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