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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... movement centers in Mont- gomery and Birmingham were church - based because more than 98 per- cent of their members were also church members . 82 Further , it is clear from Clarke's study that the people who were active in these centers ...
... movement centers in Mont- gomery and Birmingham were church - based because more than 98 per- cent of their members were also church members . 82 Further , it is clear from Clarke's study that the people who were active in these centers ...
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... movement centers themselves . Movement centers and the collective action they generate rarely de- velop in a benign environment . Rather , they must contend with a num- ber of problems , including repression , fear among members of the ...
... movement centers themselves . Movement centers and the collective action they generate rarely de- velop in a benign environment . Rather , they must contend with a num- ber of problems , including repression , fear among members of the ...
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... movement center is thus a distinctive form of social organization ... movement depends on that community's development of a local movement center . An ... centers . The pace , location , and volume of protest in various communities ...
... movement center is thus a distinctive form of social organization ... movement depends on that community's development of a local movement center . An ... centers . The pace , location , and volume of protest in various communities ...
Contents
Domination Church and the NAACP | 1 |
Beginnings and Confrontations | 17 |
MIA ICC and ACMHR 40 | 40 |
Copyright | |
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