Dividing lines : municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma / J. Mills Thornton III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, J. Mills, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights movements--Alabama--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama.

African Americans.

Political culture--Alabama--History--20th century.

Political culture.

Montgomery (Ala.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Montgomery (Ala.).

Birmingham (Ala.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Birmingham (Ala.).

Selma (Ala.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Selma (Ala.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (749 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Municipal politics and the struggle for civil rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this bold offering from two decades of research, J. Mills Thornton III presents the story of the civil rights movement from the perspective of community-municipal history at the grassroots level. Thornton demonstrates that the movement had powerful local sources in its three birth cities-Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. There, the arcane mechanisms of state and city governance and the missteps of municipal politicians and civic leaders-independent of emerging national trends in racial mores-led to the great swell of energy for change that became the civil rights movement. <

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Montgomery; 3. Birmingham; 4. Selma; 5. Aftermath; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [585]-696) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8098-1

OCLC:

183316586

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31490 hdl