Description |
xiii, 200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Subject |
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
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Civil rights demonstrations -- United States.
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College students -- Political activity -- History.
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Civil rights movements -- History.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The new movement: the student sit-ins in 1960 / Iwan Morgan -- dtAnother side of the sit-ins: nonviolent direct action, the courts, and the constitution / John Kirk -- "Complicated hospitality": the impact of the sit-ins on the ideology of Southern segregationists / George Lewis -- Breaching the wall of resistance: white southern reactions to the sits-ins / Clive Webb -- SNCCs: not one committee, but several / Peter Ling -- SNCC's stories at the barricades / Sharon Monteith -- From beloved community to imagined community: SNCC's intellectual transformation / Joe Street -- The sit-ins, SNCC, and cold war patriotism / Simon Hall -- From Greensboro to Notting Hill: the sit-ins in England / Stephen Tuck -- Epilogue: still running for freedom: Barack Obama and the legacy of the civil rights movement / Steven F. lawson. |
Summary |
An examination of the role of the SNCC and various SNCC committees in the Civil Rights Movement. |
Add Author |
Morgan, Iwan W.
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Davies, Philip, 1948-
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LC # |
E185.61 .F917 2012 |
ISBN |
9780813041513 (alk. paper) |
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0813041511 (alk. paper) |
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