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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... late 1950s . The existence of movement centers in the black communities of Montgomery , Tallahassee , and Birmingham in the late 1950s was the new reality that distinguished them from the period preceeding the mass movements . Studies ...
... late 1950s . The existence of movement centers in the black communities of Montgomery , Tallahassee , and Birmingham in the late 1950s was the new reality that distinguished them from the period preceeding the mass movements . Studies ...
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... late entrance , dramatic . Plus it's just that old line Baptist tradition . Start late . Col- ored folks start late - Well , I say that in kindness , you know , in fun . But they did.44 Reverend Shuttlesworth commented on the same issue ...
... late entrance , dramatic . Plus it's just that old line Baptist tradition . Start late . Col- ored folks start late - Well , I say that in kindness , you know , in fun . But they did.44 Reverend Shuttlesworth commented on the same issue ...
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... late night meetings , where the black community assembled in the churches , planned mass boycotts of downtown merchants , filled the collection plates , and vowed to mortgage their homes to raise the necessary bail money in case the ...
... late night meetings , where the black community assembled in the churches , planned mass boycotts of downtown merchants , filled the collection plates , and vowed to mortgage their homes to raise the necessary bail money in case the ...
Contents
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR | 40 |
The Decentralized Political | 77 |
Copyright | |
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