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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... SCLC reasoned that it would organize a large Southwide mass movement if it were able to mobilize and coordinate community organizations across the South . The SCLC was to be a Southwide or- ganization of organizations . Although the SCLC ...
... SCLC reasoned that it would organize a large Southwide mass movement if it were able to mobilize and coordinate community organizations across the South . The SCLC was to be a Southwide or- ganization of organizations . Although the SCLC ...
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... SCLC affiliates . " The churches and related organizations constituted the cru- cial internal organization enabling the SCLC to mobilize community resources . They were so central that SCLC leaders called them the " in- visible hand of ...
... SCLC affiliates . " The churches and related organizations constituted the cru- cial internal organization enabling the SCLC to mobilize community resources . They were so central that SCLC leaders called them the " in- visible hand of ...
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... SCLC's lead- ership viewed her as a lame duck executive . The SCLC leadership never accepted Baker as Executive Director ; from the very beginning King had wanted Bayard Rustin to set up the central office . Rustin was not hired because ...
... SCLC's lead- ership viewed her as a lame duck executive . The SCLC leadership never accepted Baker as Executive Director ; from the very beginning King had wanted Bayard Rustin to set up the central office . Rustin was not hired because ...
Contents
Domination Church and the NAACP | 1 |
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR 40 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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