| Description |
1 online resource (149 pages) |
| Series |
Alabama Fire Ant |
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Alabama Fire Ant
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| Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. A Nigger Defined; 2. The Beating Goes On; 3. The Accused Is the Accuser; 4. Press Attack on the Devil's Department; 5. Citizen Soldiers Aim and Write; 6. The Wheel Stops Turning; 7. Attorney Tango: A Lively Shuffle; 8. Battle of the Board; Illustrations follow page 68; 9. Much Ado 'Bout Civil Rights; 10. Truth to Power--A Movement Missed; Epilogue: The Cure for the Southern Headache; Afterword; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
On December 11, 1954, Charles Patrick drove to downtown Birmingham to buy a Boy Scout uniform for his son. Christmas traffic around the downtown department stores was heavy, and Patrick circled unsuccessfully until at last a streetside spot opened up and he began to pull in. As he did so, he was cut off by a woman who ordered him out of the way, as she was the wife of a city police officer. Patrick pulled away, remarking, "Ma'am, he doesn't own the streets of Birmingham." Normal low-level urban hassle? Not in 1954 Birmingham, when the woman was white and Patrick black. The woman reported to he |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Patrick, Charles, 1918-
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| SUBJECT |
Patrick, Charles, 1918- fast |
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African Americans -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- Biography -- African Americans
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- African Americans
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African Americans
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Race relations
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| SUBJECT |
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Biography
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Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations
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| Subject |
Alabama -- Birmingham
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817382667 |
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0817382666 |
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