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March to a promised land : the civil rights files of a white reporter, 1952-1968 / Al Kuettner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuettner, Al.
- Series:
- Capital currents book
- Capital currents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- White people.
- Journalists.
- United States.
- Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Southern States.
- Kuettner, Al.
- Journalists--Southern States--Biography.
- White people--Southern States--Biography.
- United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Race relations.
- Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Sterling, Va. : Capital Books, [2006]
- Summary:
- A white Southern reporter's eyewitness account of the civil rightsrevolution he covered, the historic figures he met and interviewed, andthe life-changing events he witnessed
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 1954-Supreme Court Bans Segregated Schools 3
- Chapter 2 1957-Integration Dixie Style: Little Rock 19
- Chapter 3 1961-Passing the Test: Integrating the University of Georgia 29
- Chapter 4 1962-1964-The Battle of Ole Miss 37
- Chapter 5 1963-University of Alabama Integrates despite Wallace 47
- Chapter 6 1955-1964-Rosa Parks and Her Famous Bus Ride 57
- Chapter 7 1963-Courage v. Dogs and Dynamite in Birmingham 71
- Chapter 8 1964-Medgar Evers Slain; Three Civil Rights Volunteers Killed 87
- Chapter 9 1963-Lincoln Memorial Echoes Freedom 99
- Chapter 10 1963-1964-Kennedy Slain; Johnson Takes Up Fight 111
- Chapter 11 1964-Civil Rights Act Passes 123
- Chapter 12 1964-The Selma Story, Part 1 131
- Chapter 13 1965-The Selma Story, Part 2 143
- Chapter 14 1964-The South Is Not Alone 153
- Chapter 15 1966-Black Leader Roy Wilkins Speaks Out 161
- Chapter 16 1968-King Is Dead, But His Dream Lives On 171
- Chapter 17 2004-Looking Back Fifty Years Later 181.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1933102284
- 9781933102283
- OCLC:
- 71146272
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