Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-390) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Gateway to the South -- Postwar campaigns for citizens' rights -- Confronting school and residential segregation during the Cold War -- Open accommodations in the all American city -- The battle for open housing -- Building bridges, fighting poverty, and empowering citizens -- Militancy, repression, and resistance in the black power era -- Making civil rights gains real -- The busing crisis -- Conclusion: Where does the story end?
Summary:
Historian K'Meyer "provides the first comprehensive look at the distinctive elements of Louisville's civil rights movement. K'Meyer frames her ... analysis by defining a border as a space where historical patterns and social concerns overlap. From this vantage point, she argues that broad coalitions of Louisvillians waged long-term, interconnected battles during the city's civil rights movement."--Book jacket.
Series:
Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century
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