The civil rights revolution : events and leaders, 1955-1968 /
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| Author / Creator: | Sargent, Frederic O. |
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| Imprint: | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2004. |
| Description: | xvi, 188 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5535692 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- I. Prelude to Revolution
- U.S. Apartheid to Brown v. Board of Education
- Cases Argued by the NAACP Before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1915-1955
- II. Nonviolent Activists v. the Establishment
- Students v. Prince Edward County, VA, 1951-1964
- Autherine Lucy v. University of Alabama, 1952-1988
- Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, LA, 1953
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott, AL, 1955-1956
- Tallahassee Bus Boycott, FL, 1956-1958
- Virginia v. The NAACP, 1956
- Alabama v. The NAACP, 1956
- The Ku Klux Klan v. Black Activists, AL, 1956-1963
- Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, Washington, DC, 1957
- Daisy Bates v. Governor Faubus, AR, 1957-1959
- Miami Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, FL, 1959
- Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, NC, 1960
- Nashville Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, TN, 1960
- Tallahassee Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, FL, 1960
- Baton Rouge Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, LA, 1961
- Desegregation of Savannah, GA, 1960-1963
- Desegregation of Atlanta, GA, 1960-1961
- Desegregation of College Station, TX, 1959-1961
- Sharecroppers Seek to Vote, TN, 1960-1961
- Hunter and Holmes Desegregate the University of Georgia, 1961
- Freedom Riders-First Echelon, 1961
- Freedom Riders-Second Echelon, 1961
- The Albany Campaign, GA, 1961-1962
- Meredith Matriculates at Ole Miss, MS, 1961-1962
- COFO and Moses v. Extreme Apartheid, MS, 1961-1964
- Harvey Gantt Desegregates Clemson University, SC, 1963
- William Moore, the Postman, April 1963
- The Mock Freedom Vote, MS, 1963
- The "Battle" of Birmingham, AL, 1963
- Dr. King Answers Eight White Clergymen, AL, 1963
- Desegregation of Greensboro, NC, 1963
- Danville Demonstrations and Boycott, VA, 1963
- March on Washington, DC, 1963
- Tallahassee Theater Desegregation, FL, 1963
- Tallahassee Two-Way Pool Desegregation, FL, 1963
- North Florida Citizen Education Project, 1963-1964
- Saint Augustine Campaign, FL, 1963-1964
- Mississippi Freedom Schools, 1964
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964
- Women's Wednesdays in Mississippi, 1964-1965
- Selma Voter Registration Drive by SNCC, AL, 1963-1964
- Selma Voter Registration Drive by SCLC, AL, 1965
- Police Ambush Marchers in Marion, AL, 1965
- Three Marches: Selma to Montgomery, AL, 1965
- U.S. Supreme Court v. U.S. Apartheid, 1958-1968
- Meredith's March Against Fear, MS, 1966
- "Operation Breadbasket," Atlanta and Chicago, 1962-1971
- Chicago Freedom Movement, IL, 1966
- Cleveland Mayoral Campaign, OH, 1967
- J. Edgar Hoover v. Dr. King, 1964-1968
- Dr. King v. President Johnson re: Vietnam, 1967
- The Orangeburg Massacre, SC, 1960 and 1968
- AFSCME Workers Strike, Memphis, TN, 1968
- AFSCME Workers Strikes, Atlanta and Charleston, 1968
- III. Leaders of the Revolution
- Abernathy, Ralph David (1926-1990), NAACP, SCLC
- Baker, Ella Josephine (1903-1986), NAACP, SCLC
- Barry, Marion Sheppilov (March 6, 1936-), SNCC
- Bates, Daisy Gaston (1920-1999), NAACP
- Belafonte, Harold George, "Harry" (March 1927-), Entertainer, Activist
- Bevel, James Luther (October 19, 1936-), SCLC
- Bond, Julian (January 14, 1940-), SNCC
- Carter, Robert L. (March 11, 1917-), NAACP-LDF
- Clark, Septima Poinsette (1898-1987), SCLC
- Conyers, John, Jr. (May 16, 1929-), Congressional Black Caucus
- Cotton, Dorothy Foreman (1931-), SCLC
- Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt (1868-1963), NAACP
- Due, Patricia Stephens (1939-), CORE
- Edelman, Marian Wright (June 6, 1939-), NAACP
- Evers, Medgar Wylie (July 2, 1925-June 12, 1963), NAACP
- Farmer, James Leonard (January 12, 1920-), CORE
- Fauntroy, Walter (February 6, 1933-), SCLC, Congressional Black Caucus
- Forman, James (October 4, 1928-), SNCC
- Gray, Fred David, NAACP-LDF
- Green, Ernest G. (September 22, 1941-), Student, NAACP
- Gregory, Richard Claxon, "Dick" (October 12, 1932-), Entertainer, Activist
- Hamer, Fannie Lou Townsend (1917-1977), MFDP
- Height, Dorothy Irene (March 24, 1912-), NCNW
- Henry, Aaron (1922-1997), NAACP, MFDP
- Houston, Charles Hamilton (September 3, 1895-April 22, 1950), NAACP
- Hunter-Gault, Charlayne (February 27, 1942-), Journalist, Activist
- Jackson, Jesse Louis (October 8, 1941-), SCLC
- Jordan, Vernon Eulion, Jr. (August 15, 1935-), SCLC
- King, Martin Luther, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968), NAACP, SCLC
- King, Coretta Scott (April 27, 1927-), Freedom Activist
- King, Martin Luther, Sr. (1899-1984), SCLC
- Lawson, James Morris (September 22, 1928-), SCLC
- Lewis, John (February 21, 1940-), SNCC
- Lowery, Joseph E. (1924-), SCLC
- Marshall, Thurgood (July 2, 1908-January 24, 1993), NAACP, LDF
- Mays, Benjamin Elijah (August 1, 1894-March 28, 1984), Scholar, Advisor
- McCain, James, NAACP, CORE
- McKissick, Floyd B. (March 9, 1922-April 28, 1991), CORE
- Meredith, James H. (June 25, 1933-), Student, Activist
- Mitchell, Clarence M., Jr. (1911-1984), NAACP
- Moses, Robert Parris (January 23, 1935-), SNCC
- Motley, Constance Baker (September 14, 1921-), NAACP
- Nash, Diane Judith (May 15, 1938-), Nashville Student Movement, SNCC, SCLC
- Nixon, Edgar Daniel (July 12, 1899-February 27, 1987), NAACP
- Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley (February 4, 1913-), NAACP
- Randolph, Asa Philip (1889-1979), BSCP
- Robinson, Jo Ann Gibson (April 17, 1912-), WPC
- Rustin, Bayard (1910-1987), SCLC
- Shuttlesworth, Fred Lee (March 18, 1922-), ACMCR, SCLC
- Smith, Kelly Miller, SCLC
- Steele, Charles Kenzie (February 7, 1914-1980), ICC, SCLC
- Thurman, Howard (November 18, 1900-April 10, 1981), Professor
- Vivian, Cordy Tindell (July 30, 1924-), SCLC
- Walker, Wyatt Tee (August 16, 1929-), SCLC
- White, Walter Frances (July 1, 1893-March 28, 1955), NAACP
- Wilkins, Roy Otaway (August 30, 1901-September 8, 1981), NAACP
- Williams, Hosea Lorenzo (January 5, 1926-), NAACP
- Young, Andrew Jackson (March 12, 1932-), NAACP, SCLC
- Young, Jean Childs (1933-1994), NAACP
- Young, Whitney Moore, Jr. (July 31, 1921-March 11, 1971), NUL
- Nonviolent Civil Rights Organizations
- The "Big-6"
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Urban League (NUL)
- National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
- Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
- Special Purpose Organizations
- Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP)
- Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDEF of the NAACP)
- Southern Regional Council
- Voter Education Project (VEP)
- Local Organizations
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Twenty-eight Local Civil Rights Action Organizations
- IV. Accomplishments
- Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Civil Rights Act of 1960
- Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- The Fair Housing Act of 1968
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
