Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 270 p)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
1299951333
,
9781299951334
,
9781137340962
Series Statement:
Contemporary Black history
Content:
Birmingham, Alabama looms large in the history of the twentieth-century black freedom struggle, but to date historians have mostly neglected the years after 1963. Here, author Robert Widell explores the evolution of Birmingham black activism into the 1970s, providing a valuable local perspective on the "long" black freedom struggle.
Content:
In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, was the site of one of the Civil Rights Movement's most celebrated victories and one of its most well-known tragedies. As a result, the city looms large in the history of the twentieth-century black freedom struggle. As the nation marks the fiftieth anniversary of those events, though, the Birmingham story remains incomplete. Although many historians have studied Birmingham's role in the Civil Rights Movement, the existing literature still does not extend its focus into the years after 1963. Picking up the story in the mid-1960s, author Robert W. Widell Jr. explor
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137340955
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137340979
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Birmingham and the long black freedom struggle
Language:
English
URL:
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