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Author:

O'Brien, M. J., 1951-

Title:

We shall not be moved : the Jackson Woolworth's sit-in and the movement it inspired / M. J. O'Brien.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xii, 340 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references(p.329-334) and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Medgar's Mississippi -- Some people in the photograph -- Others at the counter -- Others on the scene -- North Jackson action -- "The beginning of change in Mississippi" -- More demonstrations, less unity -- The death of Medgar Evers -- "The Lord's spontaneous demonstration" -- Next steps -- Veterans of domestic wars -- Epilogue.

ISBN:

1617037443 (ebook)
9781617037443 (ebook)
1617037435 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781617037436 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)812531166

LCCN:

2012037943

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)