Title Groundwork : Local Black Freedom Movements in America

Published New York : NYU Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages) Contents List of Abbreviations; Foreword by Charles Payne; Introduction; 1. "They Told Us Our Kids Were Stupid"; 2. "Drive Awhile for Freedom"; 3. Message from the Grassroots; 4. Gloria Richardson and theCivil Rights Movement in Cambridge, Maryland; 5. We've Come a Long Way; 6. Organizing for More Than the Vote; 7. "God's Appointed Savior"; 8. Local Women and the Civil Rights Movementin Mississippi; 9. The Stirrings of the Modern Civil RightsMovement in Cincinnati, Ohio, ; 10. "We Cannot Wait for Understanding to Come to Us"; 11. "Not a Color, but an Attitude"; 12. Practical Internationalists 13. Inside the Panther RevolutionAbout the Contributors; Index Summary Over the last several years, the traditional narrative of the civil rights movement as largely a southern phenomenon, organized primarily by male leaders, that roughly began with the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has been complicated by studies that root the movement in smaller communities across the country. These local movements had varying agendas and organizational development, geared to the particular circumstances, resources, and regions in which they operated. Local civil rights activists frequently worked in tandem with the national civil rig Notes English Print version record Subject Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century African American civil rights workers -- Biography African American civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century African American civil rights workers African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Race relations Gender & Ethnic Studies. Social Sciences. Ethnic & Race Studies. SUBJECT United States -- History, Local. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140336 United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject United States Genre/Form Biographies History Local history Form Electronic book Author Woodard, Komozi Payne, Charles M ISBN 9780814784396 0814784399

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