Delaying the dream: southern senators and the fight against civil rights, 1938-1965
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Main Author: Finley, Keith M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press ©2008
Series:Making the modern South
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-332) and index
Opening Pandora's box -- The origins of strategic delay -- The battle broadens -- Division in the ranks -- Victory through compromise -- This is where the battle will be won or lost -- Inevitable defeat
Few historical events lend themselves to such a sharp delineation between right and wrong as does the civil rights struggle. Consequently, many historical accounts of white resistance to civil rights legislation emphasize the ferocity of the opposition, from the Ole Miss riots to the depredations of Eugene "Bull" Conner's Birmingham police force to George Wallace's stand on the schoolhouse steps
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (340 pages)
ISBN:0807134619
9780807134610
9780807137116

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