The civil rights revolution : events and leaders, 1955-1968 / Frederic O. Sargent ; foreword by Bill Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sargent, Frederic O., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African American leadership--History--20th century.

African American leadership.

African American civil rights workers--Biography.

African American civil rights workers.

Civil rights workers--United States--Biography.

Civil rights workers.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the Supreme Court's decision of Brown v. Board of Education in 1955 to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968--African American students, lawyers, ministers and communities conducted a successful nonviolent campaign against the system of American apartheid in eleven states. This work is organized into four sections. The first describes apartheid in the U.S. before Brown v. Board of Education. The causes of the revolution--the enforcement of apartheid laws by state governments, courts, police, and the KKK--are also analyzed. The second presents 54 confrontations in the s

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Foreword by Bill Maxwell; Preface; I. Prelude to Revolution; U.S. Apartheid to Brown v. Board of Education; Cases Argued by the NAACP Before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1915-1955; II. Nonviolent Activists v. the Establishment; Students v. Prince Edward County, VA, 1951-1964; Autherine Lucy v. University of Alabama, 1952-1988; Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, LA, 1953; The Montgomery Bus Boycott, AL, 1955-1956; Tallahassee Bus Boycott, FL, 1956-1958; Virginia v. The NAACP, 1956; Alabama v. The NAACP, 1956; The Ku Klux Klan v. Black Activists, AL, 1956-1963

Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, Washington, DC, 1957Daisy Bates v. Governor Faubus, AR, 1957-1959; Miami Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, FL, 1959; Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, NC, 1960; Nashville Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, TN, 1960; Tallahassee Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, FL, 1960; Baton Rouge Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, LA, 1961; Desegregation of Savannah, GA, 1960-1963; Desegregation of Atlanta, GA, 1960-1961; Desegregation of College Station, TX, 1959-1961; Sharecroppers Seek to Vote, TN, 1960-1961; Hunter and Holmes Desegregate the University of Georgia, 1961; Freedom Riders-First Echelon, 1961

Freedom Riders-Second Echelon, 1961The Albany Campaign, GA, 1961-1962; Meredith Matriculates at Ole Miss, MS, 1961-1962; COFO and Moses v. Extreme Apartheid, MS, 1961-1964; Harvey Gantt Desegregates Clemson University, SC, 1963; William Moore, the Postman, April 1963; The Mock Freedom Vote, MS, 1963; The "Battle" of Birmingham, AL, 1963; Dr. King Answers Eight White Clergymen, AL, 1963; Desegregation of Greensboro, NC, 1963; Danville Demonstrations and Boycott, VA, 1963; March on Washington, DC, 1963; Tallahassee Theater Desegregation, FL, 1963

Tallahassee Two-Way Pool Desegregation, FL, 1963North Florida Citizen Education Project, 1963-1964; Saint Augustine Campaign, FL, 1963-1964; Mississippi Freedom Schools, 1964; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964; Women's Wednesdays in Mississippi, 1964-1965; Selma Voter Registration Drive by SNCC, AL, 1963-1964; Selma Voter Registration Drive by SCLC, AL, 1965; Police Ambush Marchers in Marion, AL, 1965; Three Marches: Selma to Montgomery, AL, 1965; U.S. Supreme Court v. U.S. Apartheid, 1958-1968; Meredith's March Against Fear, MS, 1966

"Operation Breadbasket," Atlanta and Chicago, 1962-1971Chicago Freedom Movement, IL, 1966; Cleveland Mayoral Campaign, OH, 1967; J. Edgar Hoover v. Dr. King, 1964-1968; Dr. King v. President Johnson re: Vietnam, 1967; The Orangeburg Massacre, SC, 1960 and 1968; AFSCME Workers Strike, Memphis, TN, 1968; AFSCME Workers Strikes, Atlanta and Charleston, 1968; III. Leaders of the Revolution; Abernathy, Ralph David (1926-1990), NAACP, SCLC; Baker, Ella Josephine (1903-1986), NAACP, SCLC; Barry, Marion Sheppilov (March 6, 1936-), SNCC; Bates, Daisy Gaston (1920-1999), NAACP

Belafonte, Harold George, "Harry" (March 1927-), Entertainer, Activist

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8422-5