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Author:

Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-

Title:

Bloody Lowndes : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / Hasan Kwame Jeffries.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xx, 348 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--History--Lowndes County--Lowndes County--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--Lowndes County--Lowndes County--History--20th century.
Lowndes County (Ala.)--History--History--20th century.
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--Lowndes County--Lowndes County--Politics and government--20th century.
Lowndes County (Ala.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.

ISBN:

0814743056 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814743058 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)276816664

LCCN:

2009000735

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)