Pure fire : self-defense as activism in the civil rights era / Christopher B. Strain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strain, Christopher B., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Self-defense.

United States.

Self-defense--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

viii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2005]

Contents:

Introduction : pure fire

Gon' be treated right : self-defense in black history

The other cheek : the possibilities of nonviolence, 1955-1956

People with strength : questioning the nonviolent ideal, 1957-1962

We assert and affirm : self-defense finds a spokesman, 1963-1964

A brand new Negro : self-defense in action, 1965-1966

Code 1199, officer needs help : rioting as self-defense in Watts, 1965

Blood to the horse's brow : self-defense used and abused, 1966-1968

Conclusion : the courage to talk back

Postscript : only the tired.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-245) and index.

ISBN:

0820326860

0820326879

OCLC:

56111861