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But for Birmingham : the local and national movements in the civil rights struggle /

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...

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Main Author: Eskew, Glenn T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1997]
Subjects and Genres:
1900-1999
Civil rights movements > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Alabama > Birmingham > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Alabama > Birmingham > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Race relations.
Bürgerrechtsbewegung.
Civil Rights Movement.
Negers.
Civil rights movements > Alabama > Birmingham.
Civil rights movements > United States > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Birmingham.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations.
Alabama > Birmingham.
United States.
Birmingham, Ala.
History.
Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
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