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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... Fred Shuttlesworth , president of the ACMHR , per- sonified the spirit of the new direct action era even more than King or Steele . For Shuttlesworth and his supporters were involved in the te- dious business of organizing a movement ...
... Fred Shuttlesworth , president of the ACMHR , per- sonified the spirit of the new direct action era even more than King or Steele . For Shuttlesworth and his supporters were involved in the te- dious business of organizing a movement ...
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... Fred Shuttlesworth and his organization , the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights , had to rescue them . They had been so badly beaten that CORE leaders were forced to discontinue the ride . The movement center in Nashville ...
... Fred Shuttlesworth and his organization , the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights , had to rescue them . They had been so badly beaten that CORE leaders were forced to discontinue the ride . The movement center in Nashville ...
Page 297
... Fred Shuttlesworth interview , September 12 , 1978 , Cincinnati . 7. King , Stride Toward Freedom , pp . 34–35 . 8. E. D. Nixon , interviewed in Howell Raines , My Soul Is Rested ( New York : Bantam Books , 1977 ) , p . 40 . 9. Speed ...
... Fred Shuttlesworth interview , September 12 , 1978 , Cincinnati . 7. King , Stride Toward Freedom , pp . 34–35 . 8. E. D. Nixon , interviewed in Howell Raines , My Soul Is Rested ( New York : Bantam Books , 1977 ) , p . 40 . 9. Speed ...
Contents
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR | 40 |
The Decentralized Political | 77 |
Copyright | |
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