Bloody Lowndes [electronic resource] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

By: Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2009Description: xx, 348 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- Lowndes County -- History -- 20th century | Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Lowndes County -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Alabama -- Lowndes County -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Lowndes County (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | Lowndes County (Ala.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 323.11970761/465 LOC classification: E185.93.A3 | J44 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.

Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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