But for Birmingham The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle

Name: But for Birmingham The Local and National Movements in the Civil Rights Struggle
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ISBN: 9780807846674

ISBN-10: 0807846678

ISBN-13: 9780807846674

Edition: 1997

Authors: Glenn T. Eskew

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Birmingham served as the stage for some of the most dramatic and important moments in the history of the civil rights struggle. In this vivid narrative account, Glenn Eskew traces the evolution of nonviolent protest in the city, focusing particularly on the sometimes problematic intersection of the local and national movements. Eskew describes the changing face of Birmingham's civil rights campaign, from the politics of accommodation practiced by the city's black bourgeoisie in the 1950s to local pastor Fred L. Shuttlesworth's groundbreaking use of nonviolent direct action to challenge segregation during the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1963, the national movement, in the person of Martin…

Book details

List price: $47.50
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/15/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.01" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgement


Introduction Stalemate



The National Movement



Bombingham



Bull's Birmingham



The Local Movement



Businessmen's Reform



Momentum



Another Albany?



The Children's Crusade



But for Birmingham


Epilogue: Ambiguous Resolution


Notes


Bibliography


Index