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22 produkter
Stand Up for Alabama
Governor George Wallace
Inbunden, 2007
662 kr
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Frederick examines Wallace in the context of his state and its people. Where other studies have focused on George Wallace's career as a national figure, this work provides a detailed, comprehensive and analytical study of Wallace's political life that emphasizes his activities and their impact …
This Bright Light of Ours
Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
Av Maria Gitin
Inbunden, 2014
399 kr
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This Bright Light of Ours offers a tightly focused insider’s view of the community-based activism that was the heart of the civil rights movement. A celebration of grassroots heroes, this book details through first-person accounts the contributions of ordinary people who formed the nonviolent army …
Great Melding
War, the Dixiecrat, Rebellion, and the Southern Model for America's New Conservatism
Inbunden, 2015
777 kr
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The Great Melding: War, the Dixiecrat Rebellion, and the Southern Road to America’s New Conservatism is the second book in Glenn Feldman’s groundbreaking series on how the American South switched its allegiance from the Democratic to the Republican Party in the twentieth century.Audacious in its …
Greater Good
Media, Family Removal, and TVA Dam Construction in North Alabama
Av Laura Beth Daws, Susan Lorene Brinson
Inbunden, 2019
645 kr
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Examines the role of press coverage in promoting the mission of the TVA, facilitating family relocation, and formulating the historical legacy of the New Deal. For poverty-stricken families in the Tennessee River Valley during the Great Depression, news of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal …
City of Hope, City of Rage
Miami, 1968-1994
Inbunden, 2024
1282 kr
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City of Hope, City of Rage gives a fascinating account of three turbulent and transformative decades in the history of Miami. Marked by mass immigration, racially motivated uprisings, economic inequity, rising crime, and social change, Miami’s history from 1968 to 1994 saw the city evolve rapidly …
Playing for Power
Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia
Inbunden, 2025
1398 kr
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Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia by Marvin T. Chiles analyzes Black football and basketball culture at the high school and college levels in Virginia before the days of integration. Rather than studying amateur sports as merely leisure pastimes, Chiles argues …
Planning White Supremacy
Civil Rights and City Planning in Montgomery, Alabama, 1920–1970
Inbunden, 2025
1282 kr
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An unflinching account of how city planning was deployed to enforce white supremacy in Montgomery, Alabama—the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement—and how Black activists fought back, block by neighborhood block. At the heart of the Civil Rights Movement was a city meticulously designed to …
Before Brown
Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South
Häftad, 2004
331 kr
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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 …
History and Hope in the Heart of Dixie
Scholarship, Activism, and Wayne Flynt in the Modern South
Häftad, 2006
281 kr
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This collection of essays on the social and political history of the modern South considers the region's poor, racial mores and race relations, economic opportunity, Protestant activism, political coalitions and interest groups, social justice, and progressive reform. "History and Hope in the Heart …
In the Shadow of Hitler
Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust
Häftad, 2016
398 kr
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In the Shadow of Hitler chronicles the experiences of Alabama Jews as they worked to overcome their own divisions in order to aid European Jews before, during, and after the Second World War.In this extensive study of how southern Jews in the United States responded to the Nazi persecution of …
Here I Stand
The Life and Legacy of John Beecher
Häftad, 2021
351 kr
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Biography of a forgotten poet who used his name and influence to speak up for those on the margins of societyFew surnames resonate in American history more than Beecher. The family's abolitionist ministers, educators, and writers are central figures in the historical narrative of the United States. …
Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Av David M Reimers, Raymond A. Mohl m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
398 kr
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Far East, Down South: Asians in the American South offers a collection of ten insightful essays that illuminate the little-known history and increasing presence of Asian immigrants in the American southeast.In sharp contrast to the “melting pot” reputation of the United States, the American …
Politics of Trust
Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s
Häftad, 2023
340 kr
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Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as “someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know.” It was a surprising statement for a contemporary politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In The Politics …
This Bright Light of Ours
Stories from the Voting Rights Fight
Av Maria Gitin
Häftad, 2023
282 kr
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This Bright Light of Ours offers a tightly focused insider’s view of the community-based activism that was the heart of the civil rights movement. A celebration of grassroots heroes, this book details through first-person accounts the contributions of ordinary people who formed the nonviolent army …
Carpetbagger in Reverse
Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic Congressman
Häftad, 2024
398 kr
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A long overdue reexamination of Mitchell and his accomplishments highlights his controversial personality, politics, and beliefs and calls for a reinterpretation of his importance to American history.
Playing for Power
Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia
Häftad, 2025
398 kr
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Reveals the role of amateur Black football and basketball in Virginia before integration as a form of resistance to white supremacyIn Playing for Power, Marvin T. Chiles offers a fascinating account of amateur sports in Jim Crow Virginia, revealing how, in addition to churches, workspaces, and …
Planning White Supremacy
Civil Rights and City Planning in Montgomery, Alabama, 1920–1970
Häftad, 2025
456 kr
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An unflinching account of how city planning was deployed to enforce white supremacy in Montgomery, Alabama—the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement—and how Black activists fought back, block by neighborhood block. At the heart of the Civil Rights Movement was a city meticulously designed to …
In the Shadow of Hitler
Alabama's Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust
Inbunden, 2014
527 kr
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In the Shadow of Hitler is the first comprehensive state study of how southern Jews—and non-Jews—dealt with the coming of the Good War and the Nazi persecution of European Jews. In 1982, the Orthodox congregation of Ahavas Chesed in Mobile, Alabama, reconsecrated a Torah scroll from the …
Politics of Trust
Reubin Askew and Florida in the 1970s
Inbunden, 2015
471 kr
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Florida governor Reubin Askew memorably characterized a leader as “someone who cares enough to tell the people not merely what they want to hear, but what they need to know.” It was a surprising statement for a contemporary politician to make, and, more surprising still, it worked. In The Politics …
Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Av Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
819 kr
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In sharp contrast to the “melting pot” reputation of the United States, the American South, with its history of slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement, has been perceived in stark and simplistic demographic terms. In Far East, Down South, editors Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant, and …
Carpetbagger in Reverse
Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic Congressman
Inbunden, 2024
1282 kr
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A long overdue reexamination of Mitchell and his accomplishments highlights his controversial personality, politics, and beliefs and calls for a reinterpretation of his importance to American history.
