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Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham
Sandra Gill
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Description for Whites Recall the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham
Hardback. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPK; JFSL; JFSR; JPVH1; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 314.
This illuminating volume examines how the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama developed as a trauma of culture. Throughout the book, Gill asks why the “four little girls” killed in the bombing became part of the nation’s collective memory, while two black boys killed by whites on the same day were all but forgotten. Conducting interviews with classmates who attended a white school a few blocks from some of the most memorable events of the Civil Rights Movement, Gill discovers that the bombing of the church is central to interviewees’ memories. Even the boy killed ... Read more
This illuminating volume examines how the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama developed as a trauma of culture. Throughout the book, Gill asks why the “four little girls” killed in the bombing became part of the nation’s collective memory, while two black boys killed by whites on the same day were all but forgotten. Conducting interviews with classmates who attended a white school a few blocks from some of the most memorable events of the Civil Rights Movement, Gill discovers that the bombing of the church is central to interviewees’ memories. Even the boy killed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Sociology
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319471358
SKU
V9783319471358
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About Sandra Gill
Sandra K. Gill is Associate Professor of Sociology at Gettysburg College, USA, where she teaches courses in social theory, gender, and qualitative methods. Her published works include articles on gender inequality, gender differences in personality, and autobiographical memory.
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