Origins of the Civil Rights MovementsA “valuable, eye-opening work” (The Boston Globe) about the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 1960s. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Rosa Parks, weary after a long day at work, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man…and ignited the explosion that was the civil rights movement in America. In this powerful saga, Morris tells the complete story behind the ten years that transformed America, tracing the essential role of the black community organizations that was the real power behind the civil rights movement. Drawing on interviews with more than fifty key leaders, original documents, and other moving firsthand material, he brings to life the people behind the scenes who led the fight to end segregation, providing a critical new understanding of the dynamics of social change. “An important addition to our knowledge of the strategies of social change for all oppressed peoples.” —Reverend Jesse Jackson “A benchmark study…setting the historical record straight.” —The New York Times Book Review |
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... thing [ racial segregation ] illegal , and that's logical . " 49 The winning of significant cases repre- sented ... things . Lawyers were the principal status group in the NAACP on both na- tional and local levels , but many of the local ...
... thing [ racial segregation ] illegal , and that's logical . " 49 The winning of significant cases repre- sented ... things . Lawyers were the principal status group in the NAACP on both na- tional and local levels , but many of the local ...
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... thing - successful . It was fantastically successful.5 52 Yet the boycott was largely organized by the NCLC . James Bevel has reported that Dr. Vivian Henderson , who was head of Fisk University's economics department and a member of ...
... thing - successful . It was fantastically successful.5 52 Yet the boycott was largely organized by the NCLC . James Bevel has reported that Dr. Vivian Henderson , who was head of Fisk University's economics department and a member of ...
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... thing you're thinking about is how you're going to make the next project work , and how you're going to publicize it ... things on and do things himself on his own , and tried to make decisions on his own when I thought that those ...
... thing you're thinking about is how you're going to make the next project work , and how you're going to publicize it ... things on and do things himself on his own , and tried to make decisions on his own when I thought that those ...
Contents
Domination Church and the NAACP | 1 |
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR | 40 |
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 collective behavior Committee confrontation Connor coordinated 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 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 Wyatt Walker York