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Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Glenn Feldman
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Description for Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Paperback. Details the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. This collection suggests that the movement originated in the 1930s and earlier, spurred by the Great Depression and, later, World War II. Editor(s): Feldman, Glenn. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 667.
Before Brown details the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the momentous Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. This collection refutes the notion that the movement began with the Supreme Court decision, and suggests, rather, that the movement originated in the 1930s and earlier, spurred by the Great Depression and, later, World War II—events that would radically shape the course of politics in the South and the nation into the next century. This work explores the growth of the movement through its various manifestations—the activities of politicians, civil rights leaders, religious figures, labor ... Read more
Before Brown details the ferment in civil rights that took place across the South before the momentous Brown vs. Board of Education decision in 1954. This collection refutes the notion that the movement began with the Supreme Court decision, and suggests, rather, that the movement originated in the 1930s and earlier, spurred by the Great Depression and, later, World War II—events that would radically shape the course of politics in the South and the nation into the next century. This work explores the growth of the movement through its various manifestations—the activities of politicians, civil rights leaders, religious figures, labor ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Modern & Contemporary Poetics
Condition
New
Weight
688g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817351342
SKU
V9780817351342
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About Glenn Feldman
Glenn Feldman is Associate Professor of Business in the Center for Labor Education and Research at The University of Alabama at Birmingham and author of Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949. Patricia Sullivan is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina and author of Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era. ... Read more
Reviews for Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
"A valuable and timely volume... particularly welcome for the emphasis it places on the churches, on white women, and on returning black and white veterans, groups whose immediate postwar role has been too long ignored." - Tony Badger, author of The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933-1940 and editor of, with Brian Ward, The Making of Martin Luther King and ... Read more