America's Johannesburg: Industrialization and Racial Transformation in Birmingham

by Bobby M. Wilson

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In some ways, no American city symbolizes the black struggle for civil rights more than Birmingham, Alabama. During the 1950s and 1960s, Birmingham gained national and international attention as a center of activity and unrest during the civil rights movement. Racially motivated bombings of the houses of black families who moved into new neighborhoods or who were politically active during this era were so prevalent that Birmingham earned the nickname...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0820356271

ISBN13:9780820356273

Release Date:December 2019

Publisher:University of Georgia Press

Length:292 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Anthropology Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Cultural Economic Conditions Economics Geography Human Geography Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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