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The Resource Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear, Aram Goudsouzian

Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear, Aram Goudsouzian

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"The engrossing story of a march that became the key turning point in the history of the civil rights movement. On June 5, 1966, the civil rights hero James Meredith left Memphis, Tennessee, on foot. Setting off toward Jackson, Mississippi, he hoped his march would promote Black voter registration and defy racism. The next day, he was shot by a mysterious white man and transferred to a hospital. What followed was one of the key dramas of the civil rights era. When the leading figures of the civil rights movement flew to Mississippi to carry on Meredith's effort, they found themselves confronting Southern law enforcement officials, local activists, and one another. In the subsequent three weeks, Martin Luther King Jr. narrowly escaped a mob attack, protesters were teargassed by state police, Lyndon Johnson refused federal intervention, and the young charismatic activist Stokely Carmichael first led the chant that would define the next phase of the civil rights era: Black Power. Aram Goudsouzian's Down to the Crossroads is the story of the last great march of the civil rights era and the first great showdown of the turbulent years that followed. Tracking rural demonstrators' courage and impassioned debates among movement leaders, Goudsouzian reveals the complex legacy of an event that would both integrate African Americans into the political system and inspire an era of bolder protests against it. Full of drama and historical resonance, this book is civil rights history at its best"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • 1. The Bible and the Gun
  • 2. Leaving Egypt
  • 3. Bargains in Blood
  • 4. Daylight Breaking
  • 5. Registering Is All Right
  • 6. The World Is Watching
  • 7. Everybody Should Have Their March
  • 8. Standing Tall
  • 9. Politics and Poverty
  • 10. Down to the Crossroads
  • 11. The Crow and the Blackbird
  • 12. Delta Blues
  • 13. Brotherly Love
  • 14. The Prize Bull
  • 15. The Shadow of Death
  • 16. Uninvited Guests
  • 17. We're the Greatest
  • 18. Dreams and Nightmares
  • Epilogue: Highway 51 Revisited
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9780374192204
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Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear
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Down to the crossroads
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civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear
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Aram Goudsouzian
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Language
eng
Summary
"The engrossing story of a march that became the key turning point in the history of the civil rights movement. On June 5, 1966, the civil rights hero James Meredith left Memphis, Tennessee, on foot. Setting off toward Jackson, Mississippi, he hoped his march would promote Black voter registration and defy racism. The next day, he was shot by a mysterious white man and transferred to a hospital. What followed was one of the key dramas of the civil rights era. When the leading figures of the civil rights movement flew to Mississippi to carry on Meredith's effort, they found themselves confronting Southern law enforcement officials, local activists, and one another. In the subsequent three weeks, Martin Luther King Jr. narrowly escaped a mob attack, protesters were teargassed by state police, Lyndon Johnson refused federal intervention, and the young charismatic activist Stokely Carmichael first led the chant that would define the next phase of the civil rights era: Black Power. Aram Goudsouzian's Down to the Crossroads is the story of the last great march of the civil rights era and the first great showdown of the turbulent years that followed. Tracking rural demonstrators' courage and impassioned debates among movement leaders, Goudsouzian reveals the complex legacy of an event that would both integrate African Americans into the political system and inspire an era of bolder protests against it. Full of drama and historical resonance, this book is civil rights history at its best"--
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contains biographical information
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Goudsouzian, Aram
Dewey number
323.1196/07307620904
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.93.M6
LC item number
G68 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Meredith, James
  • Meredith, James
  • Civil rights demonstrations
  • Voter registration
  • Racism
  • African American civil rights workers
  • Civil rights workers
  • African American college students
  • African Americans
  • Black power
  • Mississippi
  • HISTORY
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • African American civil rights workers
  • African American college students
  • African Americans
  • Black power
  • Civil rights demonstrations
  • Civil rights workers
  • Race relations
  • Racism
  • Voter registration
  • Mississippi
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Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear, Aram Goudsouzian
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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rdacarrier
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Contents
1. The Bible and the Gun -- 2. Leaving Egypt -- 3. Bargains in Blood -- 4. Daylight Breaking -- 5. Registering Is All Right -- 6. The World Is Watching -- 7. Everybody Should Have Their March -- 8. Standing Tall -- 9. Politics and Poverty -- 10. Down to the Crossroads -- 11. The Crow and the Blackbird -- 12. Delta Blues -- 13. Brotherly Love -- 14. The Prize Bull -- 15. The Shadow of Death -- 16. Uninvited Guests -- 17. We're the Greatest -- 18. Dreams and Nightmares -- Epilogue: Highway 51 Revisited
Control code
ocn846545696
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780374192204
Lccn
2013033911
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780374192204
  • (OCoLC)846545696
Label
Down to the crossroads : civil rights, Black power, and the Meredith march against fear, Aram Goudsouzian
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1. The Bible and the Gun -- 2. Leaving Egypt -- 3. Bargains in Blood -- 4. Daylight Breaking -- 5. Registering Is All Right -- 6. The World Is Watching -- 7. Everybody Should Have Their March -- 8. Standing Tall -- 9. Politics and Poverty -- 10. Down to the Crossroads -- 11. The Crow and the Blackbird -- 12. Delta Blues -- 13. Brotherly Love -- 14. The Prize Bull -- 15. The Shadow of Death -- 16. Uninvited Guests -- 17. We're the Greatest -- 18. Dreams and Nightmares -- Epilogue: Highway 51 Revisited
Control code
ocn846545696
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780374192204
Lccn
2013033911
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780374192204
  • (OCoLC)846545696

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