30 days a black man : the forgotten story that exposed the Jim Crow South

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Retells the story of a white journalist from Pittsburgh who lived for thirty days as a black man in the Jim Crow South alongside Atlanta's black civil rights pioneer Wesley Dobbs, an experiment that exposed the shameful system of segregation.

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Sprigle, Ray, 1886-1957

United States Race relations History

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ISBN:

9781493038824
1493038826

Description:

xII 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Thirty days a black man

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-301) and index

Contents:

Foreword / Juan Williams
Jim Crow, U.S.A.
Ray Sprigle, star reporter
Pittsburgh in white and black
"Mr. NAACP"
Learning to become a negro
Teaming up with Mr. Dobbs
The poor, poor South
Atlanta in black and white
On the road to Americus
An oasis in the desert of injustice
Sneaking through the delta
America's "last outpost of feudalism"
The long reach of "white malice"
Nominating "President Dewey"
Waking up the white North
A civil war over civil rights
Telling Sprigle's story to black America
Sticking up for Old Jim Crow
Truman's November surprise
The great radio debate
A mission forgotten by history

LCCN:

2016056358

Control Number:

2744424

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