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Author Chafe, William H., 1942- author.

Title Civilities and civil rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black struggle for freedom / William H. Chafe
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1981

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) : illustrations
Series A Galaxy book ; GB 644
Galaxy book ; GB 644.
Contents Years of protest -- Years of polarization
Summary "The 'sit-ins' at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro launched the passive resistance phase of the civil rights revolution. This book tells the story of what happened in Greensboro ; it also tells the story in microcosm of America's effort to come to grips with our most abiding national dilemma--racism"--Page 4 of cover
Notes Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1980
"An Epilogue has been added and the Notes section abridged for this edition."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- North Carolina -- Greensboro
African Americans -- Civil rights
Race relations
SUBJECT Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations
Subject North Carolina -- Greensboro
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0195029194
9780195029192
019502625X
9780195026252
Other Titles Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black struggle for freedom