Charles W. McKinney

Greater Freedom

The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a groundbreaking long-term study of Wilson County, North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement, McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the region and directly confronted the state's reputation for moderation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780761852308
• ISBN-10: 0761852301
• Artikelnr.: 31387277

Autorenporträt

Charles W. McKinney, Jr. is an assistant professor of history at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 List of Abbreviations Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Map of
Wilson County Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. Building Freedom from the
Ground Up Chapter 7 2. The Idea of Citizenship Was Never Greater:
Organizing the Foundations of a Movement Chapter 8 3. "A Little Too Much
for a Self-Respecting White Man to Swallow": Brown and its Aftermath
Chapter 9 4. We Began to Question Where We Never Questioned Before: The
Struggle to Build a Movement Chapter 10 5. Somewhere Down the Line We
Decided to Organize: Integration, Housing and the Ascendancy of "Lower
Income Negro Citizens" Chapter 10 Conclusion: Race, Class, Memory and the
Pursuit of Greater Freedom Chapter 11 Selected Bibliography Chapter 12
Index