Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950

by Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

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The civil rights movement that looms over the 1950s and 1960s was the tip of an iceberg, the legal and political remnant of a broad, raucous, deeply American movement for social justice that flourished from the 1920s through the 1940s. This rich history of that early movement introduces us to a contentious mix of home-grown radicals, labor activists, newspaper editors, black workers, and intellectuals who employed every strategy imaginable to take...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0393335321

ISBN13:9780393335323

Release Date:August 2009

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:690 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

20th Century African-American Studies Civil Rights & Liberties Education & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Reference Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Specific Topics State & Local

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