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Dawn of Desegregation : J. A. de Laine and Briggs V. Elliott.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (228 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611171747
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dawn of DesegregationDDC classification:
  • 344.73/07980975781
LOC classification:
  • KF228.B75 G66 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 Before -- 1. Briars of Discrimination -- 2. Spokesman for the Disenfranchised -- 3. The Challenge -- PART 2 Quest for Equality, 1947-1951 -- 4. Ups and Downs -- 5. Transition -- 6. June 8 -- 7. Across the Rubicon -- 8. An Offer That Was Refused -- 9. Warnings -- 10. Showdown on Main -- 11. A Not-So-Merry Christmas -- PART 3 Outcomes, 1951-1955 -- 12. Liar, Liar -- 13. Moving On -- 14. Federal District Court -- 15. Verdicts -- PART 4 After 1955 -- 16. New Evil -- 17. Armageddon -- Epilogue -- Notes and Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: Those interested in justice, human rights, and leadership, as well as in the civil rights movement and South Carolina social history, will be fascinated by this inspiring tale of how one man's unassailable moral character, raw courage, and steely fortitude inspired a group of humble people to become instruments of change and set in motion a corrective force that revolutionized the laws and social practices of a nation.
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 Before -- 1. Briars of Discrimination -- 2. Spokesman for the Disenfranchised -- 3. The Challenge -- PART 2 Quest for Equality, 1947-1951 -- 4. Ups and Downs -- 5. Transition -- 6. June 8 -- 7. Across the Rubicon -- 8. An Offer That Was Refused -- 9. Warnings -- 10. Showdown on Main -- 11. A Not-So-Merry Christmas -- PART 3 Outcomes, 1951-1955 -- 12. Liar, Liar -- 13. Moving On -- 14. Federal District Court -- 15. Verdicts -- PART 4 After 1955 -- 16. New Evil -- 17. Armageddon -- Epilogue -- Notes and Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

Those interested in justice, human rights, and leadership, as well as in the civil rights movement and South Carolina social history, will be fascinated by this inspiring tale of how one man's unassailable moral character, raw courage, and steely fortitude inspired a group of humble people to become instruments of change and set in motion a corrective force that revolutionized the laws and social practices of a nation.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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