Speak now against the day : the generation before the civil rights movement in the South / John Egerton.
The author presents a history of the Southern men and women, Black and white alike, who led the battle for civil rights prior to the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown decision.
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New York :
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1994.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 300 | |a 704 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-673) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Hinge of history -- 1932-1938 : A feudal land. The cruelest year ; The state of the South ; Bourbon legacy ; A stirring of new voices ; Eve of the New Deal ; The fireman cometh ; Thunder on the right ; Shaking the pillars ; Pens and swords ; Lightning on the left ; Birth of a notion ; Revival in Birmingham -- 1938-1945 : Road of hope. A liberating war ; The locust confederacy ; Leaders, followers, scouts ; Dancing in the dark ; Speaking their minds ; The fire this time ; "We of the South must decide" ; Farewell to the chief -- Interlogue : Yesterday and tomorrow -- 1945-1950 : Breaking the mold. Postwar opportunity ; Epidemic of violence ; Spotlight on Georgia ; Old-guard politics ; New signs of reform ; Homegrown progressives ; Anticommunism, Southern-style ; Striving for equilibrium ; Democrats and Dixiecrats ; Truman's triumph ; One last chance for change -- 1950-1954 : Days of grace. Coming to a choice ; Anticommunist white supremacy ; Tiptoeing and whispering ; Courts of last resort -- There comes a time. | |
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