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Author:

Ricks, Thomas E., author.

Title:

Waging a good war : how the civil rights movement won its battles, 1954-1968 / [large print] Thomas E. Ricks.

Format:

[large print]

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

711 pages (large print) : map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Nonviolence--United States--History--20th century.
Military art and science--United States--Miscellanea.
Tactics.
Strategy.
Large print books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-703) and index.

Contents:

Preface: A different angle on the civil rights movement -- Introduction: Stirrings, 1865-1954 -- Montgomery, 1955-1956 : besieging a city -- Nashville, 1960 : developing a nonviolent cadre -- The Freedom Rides, 1961 : a raid behind enemy lines -- The Albany movement, 1961-1962 : stymied by an adaptive adversary -- Ole Miss, 1962 : a racial confrontation that lacked movement input -- Early Birmingham, Spring 1963 : putting children on the front lines -- The March on Washington, mid-1963 : taking the national stage -- Later Birmingham, Fall 1963 : counter-escalation against children -- Oxford, Ohio, June 1964 : SNCC prepares to assault a state -- The Battle of Mississippi, July and August 1964 : Freedom Summer -- Selma, 1965 : victory--and factionalization -- Chicago, 1966 : a bridge too far -- Memphis, 1968 : the costs of it all -- Epilogue: The good war today.

Summary:

"In Waging a Good War, Thomas E. Ricks offers a fresh perspective on the civil rights movement of 1950s and 1960s and its legacy today. He follow Martin Luther King, Jr. and other key figures from Montgomery to Memphis, demonstrating that Gandhian nonviolence was a philosophy of active, not passive, resistance. Ricks also highlights lesser-known figures who played critical roles in fashioning nonviolence into an effective tool. Waging a Good War is an indispensable addition to the literature of racial justice and social change--and one that offers vital lessons for our own time"-- Back cover.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print nonfiction

ISBN:

9798885789318

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1380358523

Locations:

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

BKPC251 -- Woodward Public Library (Woodward)