Student activism and civil rights in Mississippi [electronic resource] : protest politics and the struggle for racial justice, 1960-1965 / James P. Marshall ; with a foreword by Staughton Lynd.
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TextPublication details: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)ISBN: - 9780807149850
- 9780807149867
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African American college students -- Political activity -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- College students -- Political activity -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Student movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century
- Mississippi -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- 323.1196/0730762 23
- E185.93.M6 M27 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The incipient movement -- The decision to go into voter registration -- Warming up Mississippi : the movement becomes a local thing -- Commitment aborted -- The stalemated movement -- The birth of protest politics -- Freedom summer, part I -- Freedom summer, part II -- The political organization of protest politics, part I -- The political organization of protest politics, part II -- Appendix: The power of protection : the federal government.
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