The last segregated hour : the Memphis kneel-ins and the campaign for Southern church desegregation / Stephen R. Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Stephen R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Segregation--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.

Black people--Segregation--United States.

Memphis (Tenn.)--Church history--20th century.

Southern States--Church history--20th century.

United States--Church history--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the South, the Civil Rights Movement inched along over a period of years, making segregated facilities and discriminatory practices the focus of attention and conflict. In this book, Haynes brings to life a dramatic, yet little studied tactic adopted by protesters in the struggle.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Segregation's Last Stronghold; PART ONE: THE FORGOTTEN PROTESTS; 1. "The Start of a New Movement Across the South": The First Kneel-ins, 1960; 2. "Christ Did Not Build any Racial Walls": Church Desegregation Campaigns, 1961-65; PART TWO: CONTEXTS OF A KNEEL-IN MOVEMENT; 3. "This Spectacle of a Church with Guarded Doors": The Memphis Campaign of 1964; 4. "Like a Child That Had Been Unfaithful": A Church-Related College and a College-Related Church; 5. "A Time When the Bare Souls of Men Are Revealed": Southern Presbyterians Respond

PART THREE: MEMORIES OF A KNEEL-IN MOVEMENT6. "You're Going to Have to Go Out There Yourself": Church People; 7. "Our Presence at the Church Is Itself an Act of Worship": White Visitors; 8. "You Will Only Know My Motivation When You Open the Door": Black Visitors; 9. "Mama, Why Don't They Just Let Them In?": Children; PART FOUR: AFTERMATH OF A KNEEL-IN MOVEMENT; 10. "The Greatest Crisis in the 120-Year History of Our Church": Defiance, Intervention, and Schism; 11. "Not the Church's Advantages, But the City's Disadvantages": Wrestling with the Past at Second Presbyterian Church

12. "A Season of Prayer and Corporate Repentance": Wrestling with the Past at Independent Presbyterian ChurchEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 31, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-991101-0

0-19-987530-8

1-283-60440-X

9786613916853

OCLC:

922971231