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March to a promised land : the civil rights files of a white reporter, 1952-1968 / Al Kuettner.

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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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