Dividing Lines: Municipal Politics and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma

by J. Mills Thornton III

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Presents the story of the civil rights movement from the perspective of community-municipal history at the grassroots level

Thornton demonstrates that the movement had powerful local sources in its three birth cities--Montgomery, Birmingham, and Selma. There, the arcane mechanisms of state and city governance and the missteps of municipal politicians and civic leaders--independent of emerging national trends in racial mores--led to the great swell of energy for change that became the civil rights movement.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0817352996

ISBN13:9780817352998

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:University Alabama Press

Length:748 Pages

Weight:2.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Commentary & Opinion History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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