Freedom's main line : the journey of reconciliation and the Freedom Rides / Derek Charles Catsam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Catsam, Derek.

Series:

Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom Rides, 1961.

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Segregation--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights demonstrations--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights demonstrations.

Segregation in transportation--Southern States--History--20th century.

Segregation in transportation.

History.

African Americans--Segregation.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Southern States.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 421 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2009]

Contents:

Prologue: From Bigger Thomas to Henry Thomas 1

Introduction: How the Freedom Rides Were Born (And What They Mean) 7

1 "We Challenged Jim Crow": The Journey of Reconciliation and the Emergence of Direct Action Civil Rights Protest in the 1940s 13

2 Erasing the Badge of Inferiority: Segregated Interstate Transport on the Ground and in the Courts, 1941-1960 47

3 "The Last Supper": Preparing for the Freedom Rides 67

4 "Hallelujah, I'm a Travelin'!" Freedom Riding through the Old Dominion 89

5 The Carolinas 107

6 "Blazing Hell": From Georgia into Alabama 135

7 The Magic City: Showdown in Birmingham 159

8 "I'm Riding the Front Seat to Montgomery This Time": The Students Take Control 191

9 "We've Come Too Far to Turn Back": Montgomery 209

10 Mississippi: "That Irreducible Citadel of Southernism" 239

11 Jailed In: From Jackson City Jail to Parchman Farm 265

12 Conclusion: Legacies of the Freedom Rides 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-403) and index.

ISBN:

9780813125114

0813125111

OCLC:

213840175