Title Southern white ministers and the civil rights movement / Elaine Allen Lechtreck

Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 326 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) Contents School desegregation: trouble ahead -- The heart of the movement: boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides, mass demonstrations -- Church visitations: trouble outside, trouble within -- The movement continues: Washington, DC; Chapel Hill; Selma; Louisville -- New directions: new leaders, riots, voices of Southern white ministers, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., more voices of Southern white ministers, and a demand for reparations -- The witness does not end: Jordan, Mcclain, Finlator, Moose, Sanderson, and Frank -- Denominations: movers, shakers, dissidents, reformers, missioners Summary A study of white ministers who risked their pulpits and lives to challenge southern society Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2018) Subject Clergy -- Attitudes Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Church and social problems. Church work with African Americans. Clergy -- Political activity -- United States -- 20th century Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- Religious aspects -- History RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues. RELIGION -- Christianity -- General. African Americans -- Civil rights Church and social problems Church work with African Americans Civil rights movements Civil rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Clergy -- Attitudes Clergy -- Political activity Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Christianity SUBJECT United States -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140291 Subject Southern States United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018002201 ISBN 9781496817570 1496817575 9781496817549 1496817540 9781496817556 1496817559 9781496817563 1496817567

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