TY  - BOOK
AU  - Catsam,Derek
TI  - Freedom's main line: the journey of reconciliation and the freedom rides 
T2  - Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century
SN  - 0813133777
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - University Press Of Kentucky
KW  - Freedom Rides, 1961
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Southern States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Segregation
KW  - Civil rights demonstrations
KW  - Segregation in transportation
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-403) and index; Prologue: From Bigger Thomas to Henry Thomas -- Introduction : how the Freedom Rides were born (and what they mean) -- 1. "We challenged Jim Crow" : the journey of reconciliation and the emergence of direct action civil rights protest in the 1940s -- 2. Erasing the badge of inferiority : segregated interstate transport on the ground and in the courts, 1941-1960 -- 3. "The last supper" : preparing for the Freedom Rides -- 4. "Hallelujah, I'm a travelin'!" Freedom riding through the old dominion -- 5. The Carolinas -- 6. "Blazing hell" : from Georgia into Alabama -- 7. The Magic City : showdown in Birmingham -- 8. "I'm riding the front seat to Montgomery this time" : the students take control -- 9. "We've come too far to turn back" : Montgomery -- 10. Mississippi : "that irreducible citadel of southernism" -- 11. Jailed in : from Jackson City jail to Parchman Farm -- 12. Conclusion : legacies of the Freedom Rides
N2  - "Freedom's main line... argues that the Freedom Rides, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, were a logical, natural evolution in the struggle for civil rights. Following models provided by previous challenges to segregation, such as the Journey of Reconciliation, they relied on the principles of nonviolence common in the larger movement. The impact of the Freedom Rides, however, was unprecedented, fixing the issue of civil rights firmly in the national consciousness. Later activists were often dubbed Freedom Riders even if they never set foot on a bus." -- Cover, p. [4]
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