The Freedom Riders : Civil Rights Activists Fighting Segregation [1 ed.] 9781502631190, 9781502631183

The Supreme Court's decision in the 1960 case of Boynton v. Virginia held that any amenity related to interstate tr

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The Freedom Riders : Civil Rights Activists Fighting Segregation [1 ed.]
9781502631190, 9781502631183

Conducting dozens of interviews and consulting rich archival materials, Jon N. Hale weaves a social history of the Missi

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The South's system of Jim Crow racial oppression is usually understood in terms of legal segregation that mandated

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Many of us have grown up with the language of civil rights, yet rarely consider how the construction of civil rights cla

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Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the s

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An in-depth account of the relationship between the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s. An in-depth accou

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Led by the Office of Economic Opportunity, Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty reflected the president's belief th

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Bombs. Clubs. Metal pipes. Severe beatings. Angry segregationists. This is what the Freedom Riders faced when they journ

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On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people descended on Washington, D.C. They came by bus, car, and bicycle. Some even

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Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the s

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Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the s

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