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Beyond integration : the Black freedom struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980 J. Michael Butler
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 185.93 .F5 B88 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butler, J. Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--Florida--Escambia County.
- African Americans.
- Racism--Florida--Escambia County--History.
- Racism.
- Civil rights movements--Florida--Escambia County--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Escambia County (Fla.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Escambia County (Fla.).
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- In 1975, Florida's Escambia County and the city of Pensacola experienced a pernicious chain of events. A sheriff's deputy killed a young black man at point-blank range. Months of protests against police brutality followed, culminating in the arrest and conviction of the Reverend H. K. Matthews, the leading civil rights organizer in the county. Viewing the events of Escambia County within the context of the broader civil rights movement, J. Michael Butler demonstrates that while activism of the previous decade destroyed most visible and dramatic signs of racial segregation, institutionalized forms of cultural racism still persisted. In Florida, white leaders insisted that because blacks obtained legislative victories in the 1960s, African Americans could no longer claim that racism existed, even while public schools displayed Confederate imagery and allegations of police brutality against black citizens multiplied.
- Contents:
- Introduction : conflict, power, and the long civil rights movement in northwest Florida
- Patterns of protest in Escambia County
- The movement evolves
- Cultural imagery, school integration, and the lost cause
- Racial irritants
- Who shall we incarcerate?
- Opposition familiar and unanticipated
- The state of Florida v. B.J. Brooks and H.K. Matthews
- Clouds of interracial revolution
- The consequences of powerlessness
- Legacy of a struggle.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
- Florida Book Award, 2016. Silver, General Nonfiction.
- Local Notes:
- Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection
- ISBN:
- 9781469627472
- 1469627477
- OCLC:
- 919068321
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