Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee A Narrative History

Name: Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee A Narrative History
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ISBN: 9781572334434

ISBN-10: 1572334436

ISBN-13: 9781572334434

Edition: 2005

Authors: Bobby L. Lovett

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The Civil Rights Movement in Tennessee focuses on the years 1864 to 1880, 1881 to 1934, and 1935 to the present (with most attention devoted to the last period). Lovett explores early Jim Crow Tennessee, public school desegregation since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, sit-in and public desegregation activities, politics and civil rights, and the desegregation of higher education. This well-researched book draws on special collections from libraries across the state, personal papers, manuscript collections, conversations, observations, books, scholarly articles, and newspapers. Lovett covers the entire state, but concentrates on the four major cities: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis,…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Publication date: 11/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 552
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Introduction : the historical background



The strange career of Jim Crow : the early civil rights movement in Tennessee, 1935-1950



We are not afraid! : Brown and Jim Crow schools in Tennessee



Hell no, we won't integrate : continuing school desegregation in Tennessee



Keep Memphis down in Dixie : sit-in demonstrations and desegregation of public facilities



Let nobody turn me around : sit-ins and public demonstrations continue to spread



The King God didn't save : the movement turns violent in Tennessee



The black republicans : civil rights and politics in Tennessee



The black democrats : civil rights and politics in Tennessee



The frustrated fellowship : civil rights and African American politics in Tennessee



Make Tennessee state equivalent to UT for white students : desegregation for higher education



After Geier and the merger : desegregation of higher education in Tennessee continues



Don't you wish you were white? : the conclusion