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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Page 119
... attempted to enfran- chise blacks through building a mass movement . It was partially suc- cessful , as movement - related activity around the vote did occur in many cities . Yet in no way did a coordinated Southwide mass movement de ...
... attempted to enfran- chise blacks through building a mass movement . It was partially suc- cessful , as movement - related activity around the vote did occur in many cities . Yet in no way did a coordinated Southwide mass movement de ...
Page 168
... attempts to transform the South . Organ- izational resources were used to support candidates who advocated lib- eral ... attempted to alter the region's racial and economic structure was inevitably branded as com- munist . This was ...
... attempts to transform the South . Organ- izational resources were used to support candidates who advocated lib- eral ... attempted to alter the region's racial and economic structure was inevitably branded as com- munist . This was ...
Page 267
... attempted to leave Sixteenth Street Baptist Church . Pictures that captured the cru- elty were distributed around the world . The crisis in Birmingham be- came the top priority of the nation and of the government . On the fourth and ...
... attempted to leave Sixteenth Street Baptist Church . Pictures that captured the cru- elty were distributed around the world . The crisis in Birmingham be- came the top priority of the nation and of the government . On the fourth and ...
Contents
Domination Church and the NAACP | 1 |
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR 40 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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