
Greater Freedom : The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina.
Title:
Greater Freedom : The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina.
Author:
McKinney, Charles W., Jr.
ISBN:
9780761852315
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One -- Building Freedom from the Ground Up -- Chapter Two -- The Idea of Citizenship Was Never Greater: Organizing the Foundations of a Movement -- Chapter Three -- "A Little Too Much for a Self-Respecting White Man to Swallow": Brown and Its Aftermath -- Chapter Four -- We Began to Question Where We Never Questioned Before: The Struggle to Build a Movement -- Chapter Five -- Somewhere Down the Line We Decided to Organize: Integration, Housing and the Ascendancy of "Lower Income Negro Citizens" -- Conclusion: Race, Class, Memory, and the Pursuit of Greater Freedom -- Selected Bibliography.
Abstract:
This book offers a groundbreaking long-term study of Wilson County, North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement, McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the region and directly confronted the state's reputation for moderation.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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