Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Prologue: 1950s—“A New Generation of Americans”      PART I: 1960—FINDING A VOICE: The Campaign1. Sit-Ins, the Kennedys and King      2. The New Frontier      3. “We Few, We Happy Few”      PART II: 1961—ACTION: Freedom Rides and the Vote4. Soldiers for Justice      5. CORE and the Freedom Rides      6. SNCC: Getting to Montgomery      7. First Baptist Church      8. Mississippi      9. Striving for Full Equality      PART III: 1962—CONFLICT: Ole Miss10. Martin and Bobby      11. “Hello, Governor”      12. Leading to Confrontation      13. Enter JFK      14. Inside the White House; Riot at Ole Miss      PART IV: 1963—BEGINNINGS: Alabama, the Civil Rights Act and the March15. The Kennedy Brothers      16. King and Birmingham      17. Crimson Tide: George Wallace and Robert Kennedy      18. Marching Orders      Epilogue: 1964—Bobby and Ted      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Prologue: 1950s—“A New Generation of Americans”      PART I: 1960—FINDING A VOICE: The Campaign1. Sit-Ins, the Kennedys and King      2. The New Frontier      3. “We Few, We Happy Few”      PART II: 1961—ACTION: Freedom Rides and the Vote4. Soldiers for Justice      5. CORE and the Freedom Rides      6. SNCC: Getting to Montgomery      7. First Baptist Church      8. Mississippi      9. Striving for Full Equality      PART III: 1962—CONFLICT: Ole Miss10. Martin and Bobby      11. “Hello, Governor”      12. Leading to Confrontation      13. Enter JFK      14. Inside the White House; Riot at Ole Miss      PART IV: 1963—BEGINNINGS: Alabama, the Civil Rights Act and the March15. The Kennedy Brothers      16. King and Birmingham      17. Crimson Tide: George Wallace and Robert Kennedy      18. Marching Orders      Epilogue: 1964—Bobby and Ted      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

Philip A. Goduti, Jr., is an adjunct assistant professor of history at Quinnipiac University and teaches U.S. history at Somers High School in Connecticut where he is the 2017 Somers Public Schools Teacher of the Year. He has also worked as a freelance reporter for the Hamden Chronicle and the Providence Journal Bulletin. He lives in Cromwell, Connecticut.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      Introduction      Prologue: 1950s—“A New Generation of Americans”      PART I: 1960—FINDING A VOICE: The Campaign1. Sit-Ins, the Kennedys and King      2. The New Frontier      3. “We Few, We Happy Few”      PART II: 1961—ACTION: Freedom Rides and the Vote4. Soldiers for Justice      5. CORE and the Freedom Rides      6. SNCC: Getting to Montgomery      7. First Baptist Church      8. Mississippi      9. Striving for Full Equality      PART III: 1962—CONFLICT: Ole Miss10. Martin and Bobby      11. “Hello, Governor”      12. Leading to Confrontation      13. Enter JFK      14. Inside the White House; Riot at Ole Miss      PART IV: 1963—BEGINNINGS: Alabama, the Civil Rights Act and the March15. The Kennedy Brothers      16. King and Birmingham      17. Crimson Tide: George Wallace and Robert Kennedy      18. Marching Orders      Epilogue: 1964—Bobby and Ted      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index