| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction : conflict, power, and the long civil rights movement in northwest Florida -- Patterns of protest in Escambia County -- The movement evolves -- Cultural imagery, school integration, and the lost cause -- Racial irritants -- Who shall we incarcerate? -- Opposition familiar and unanticipated -- The state of Florida v. B.J. Brooks and H.K. Matthews -- Clouds of interracial revolution -- The consequences of powerlessness -- Legacy of a struggle -- Appendix: demographic, economic and educational data referenced in chapter 10 |
| Summary |
In 1975, Florida's Escambia County experienced a pernicious chain of events. A sheriff's deputy killed a young black man at point-blank range. Months of protests against police brutality followed. Viewing the events within the context of the broader civil rights movement, J. Michael Butler demonstrates that while activism of the previous decade destroyed most visible and dramatic signs of racial segregation, institutionalized forms of cultural racism still persisted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed June 29, 2021) |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Escambia County
|
|
Racism -- Florida -- Escambia County -- History
|
|
Civil rights movements -- Florida -- Escambia County -- History -- 20th century
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
|
|
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
|
|
African Americans -- Civil rights
|
|
Civil rights movements
|
|
Race relations
|
|
Racism
|
| SUBJECT |
Escambia County (Fla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
|
| Subject |
Florida -- Escambia County
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781469627496 |
|
1469627493 |
|
9781469627489 |
|
1469627485 |
|
