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Author:

K'Meyer, Tracy Elaine.

Title:

Civil rights in the gateway to the South : Louisville, Kentucky, 1945-1980 / Tracy E. K'Meyer.

Publisher:

University Press of Kentucky,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 410 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--Louisville--Louisville--History--20th century.
African Americans--Louisville--Louisville--Social conditions--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Louisville--Louisville--20th century.
Louisville (Ky.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0813125391 (alk. paper)
9780813125398 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261177651

LCCN:

2009000990

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)