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Author:

Bynum, Thomas L.

Title:

NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965 / Thomas L. Bynum.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

The University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xxi, 226 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--History--20th century.
African American youth--History--History--20th century.
African American college students--History--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Youth movements--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-208) and index.

Contents:

"Ours is an immediate task" : Juanita Jackson and the origins of the NAACP youth movement -- To "keep our vision unclouded" : war and democracy -- To finish the fight : "freedom from fear!" -- "With all deliberate speed" : school desegregation, Emmett Till, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- "More than a hamburger and a cup of coffee" : NAACP youth and the 1960s freedom struggle -- "And if not now, when?" : securing our freedom.

ISBN:

1572339454 (hbk.)
9781572339453 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)826458570

LCCN:

2013001462

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)