After the dream : black and white southerners since 1965 / Timothy J. Minchin and John A. Salmond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minchin, Timothy J.

Contributor:

Salmond, John A.

Series:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

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

Civil rights.

Segregation in education.

African Americans--Segregation.

Politics and government.

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

Southern States.

Race relations.

Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.

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

Segregation in education--Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction

Historic progress : public accommodations and voting rights in the Johnson years

"Token beginnings" : the battle to desegregate southern schools and workplaces, 1965-1968

A fragmented crusade? : the civil rights struggle in the aftermath of the King assassination, 1968-1970

Defiance and compliance : the breakdown of freedom of choice in the south's schools

The busing years : school desegregation in the wake of Swann

Home has changed : southern race relations in the early 1970s

Paving the way for full participation : civil rights in the Ford years

Mixed outcomes : civil rights in the Carter years

"No substantial progress" : blacks, the economy, and racial polarization in the late 1970s

The Reagan counterrevolution

From Bush to Bush : the complexities of civil rights

The aftermath : from history to memory

Poverty and progress : four decades of change

Postscript.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813129785

0813129788

9780813129884

0813129885

OCLC:

682895298