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Author Jones, Patrick D

Title The Selma of the North : civil rights insurgency in Milwaukee / Patrick D. Jones
Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (318 pages : illustrations)
Contents Introduction -- Ethnic Milwaukee and the Black community -- Early protest politics -- The campaign to end school segregation -- Father [James] Groppi's civil rights awakening -- The Youth Council and Commandos -- Police-community tensions and the 1967 riot -- The struggle for open housing -- Black power politics -- The decline of direct action -- Conclusion : "We are destined ..."
Summary This title tells a story that is important for its insights into civil rights history. It includes the debate over nonviolence and armed self-defence, and the dynamic between southern and northern activism. It looks at how between 1958 and 1970, a movement for racial justice emerged from circumstances in Milwaukee
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century
Insurgency -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century
Community life -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Politics and government -- 20th century
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
African Americans -- Civil rights
African Americans -- Politics and government
Civil rights movements
Community life
Insurgency
Politics and government
Race relations
Social conditions
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
SUBJECT Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Schwärze
Milwaukee, Wis.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008024142
ISBN 9780674058934
0674058933