Freedom's main line, the journey of reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, Derek Charles Catsam
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- African Americans + Civil rights
- Race relations
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Political Freedom & Security + Human Rights
- African Americans + Segregation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- Southern States
- Segregation <Soziologie>
- 1900-1999
- History
- Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE + Political Freedom & Security + Civil Rights
- USA -- Südstaaten
- History
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung
- Electronic books
- Segregation in transportation
- Political Science
- Segregation in transportation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights demonstrations
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Southern States + Race relations + History -- 20th century
- Öffentliches Verkehrsmittel
- Freedom Rides, 1961
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Segregation
- Freedom Rides, 1961
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Freedom's main line, the journey of reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, Derek Charles Catsam
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-403) and index
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Freedom's main line
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bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
309965474
Responsibility statement
Derek Charles Catsam
Series statement
Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century
Sub title
the journey of reconciliation and the Freedom Rides
Summary
In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial segregation on public transportation illegal. In Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, Derek Catsam shows how the Freedom Rides were crucial in raising awareness among decision makers and in bringing the realities of racial segregation into American homes through nationa
Table of contents
Prologue: From Bigger Thomas to Henry Thomas -- Introduction: How the freedom rides were born (and what they mean) -- "We challenged Jim Crow" : the journey of reconciliation and the emergence of direct action civil rights protest in the 1940s -- Erasing the badge of inferiority : segregated interstate transport on the ground and in the courts, 1941-1960 -- "The last supper" : preparing for the freedom rides -- "Hallelujah, I'm a travelin'!" : freedom riding through the Old Dominion -- The Carolinas -- "Blazing Hell" : from Georgia into Alabama -- The magic city : showdown in Birmingham -- "I'm riding the front seat to Montgomery this time" : the students take control -- "We've come too far to turn back" : Montgomery -- Mississippi : "that irreducible citadel of southernism" -- Jailed in : from Jackson City Jail to Parchman Farm -- Conclusion: Legacies of the freedom rides
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