Military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968
Notes:
Electronic book Electronic reproduction. New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022 Available via World Wide Web
Contents:
Preface : a different angle on the civil rights movement Introduction : stirrings, 1865-1954 Montgomery, 1955-1956 : besieging a city Nashville, 1960 : developing a nonviolent cadre The Freedom Rides, 1961 : a raid behind enemy lines The Albany movement, 1961-1962 : stymied by an adaptive adversary Ole Miss, 1962 : a racial confrontation that lacked movement input Early Birmingham, Spring 1963 : putting children on the front lines The March on Washington, mid-1963 : taking the national stage Later Birmingham, Fall 1963 : counter-escalation against children Oxford, Ohio, June 1964 : SNCC prepares to assault a state The Battle of Mississippi, July and August 1964 : Freedom Summer Selma, 1965 : victory-- and factionalization Chicago, 1966 : a bridge too far Memphis, 1968 : the costs of it all Epilogue: the good war today
