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Author:

Eick, Gretchen Cassel, 1942-

Title:

Dissent in Wichita : the Civil Rights Movement in the Midwest, 1954-72 / Gretchen Cassel Eick.

Edition:

First Illinois paperback ed.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 312 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--Wichita--Wichita--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Wichita--Wichita--History--20th century.
Wichita (Kan.)--Race relations.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations.
Lewis, Chester I.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index.

Contents:

Preface to paperback edition: Contents [vii] -- Acknowledgments [xvii] -- 1. The Dockum Sit-In 1 -- 2. The Context 12 -- 3. The Wichita NAACP 34 -- 4. Black and White Together 53 -- 5. Taking on the Giants: Employment, Public Accommodations, -- and Fair Housing 66 -- 6. Chester Lewis's National Arena in 1964 83 -- 7. The Gap Widens 98 -- 8. Access and Alienation i18 -- 9. Things Fall Apart, 1968 145 -- lo. The Schools: A Bittersweet Victory 163 -- n. Blooming and Fading 184 -- Conclusion 207 -- Epilogue 229 -- Notes 233 -- Bibliography 283 -- Index 295.

ISBN:

9780252074912 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0252074912 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)141386488

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)