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100 | 1 | _aCatsam, Derek Charles. | |
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_aFreedom's Main Line : _bThe Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides |
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_aLexington : _bThe University Press of Kentucky, _c2009. |
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300 | _a1 online resource (437 p.) | ||
490 | 0 | _aeBooks on Demand | |
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_aCivil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century ; _vv.CRST |
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505 | 0 | _aFront cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1. ""We Challenged Jim Crow""; 2. Erasing the Badge of Inferiority; 3. ""The Last Supper""; 4. ""Hallelujah, I'm a Travelin'!""; 5. The Carolinas; 6. ""Blazing Hell""; 7. The Magic City; 8. ""I'm Riding the Front Seat to Montgomery This Time""; 9. ""We've Come Too Far to Turn Back""; 10. Mississippi; 11. Jailed In; 12. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
520 | _aIn 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial segregation on public transportation illegal. In Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, Derek Catsam shows how the Freedom Rides were crucial in raising awareness among decision makers and in bringing the realities of racial segregation into American homes through nati | ||
588 | _aDescription based upon print version of record. | ||
650 | 4 | _aAfrican Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. | |
650 | 4 | _aAfrican Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. | |
650 | 4 | _aCivil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. | |
650 | 4 | _aFreedom Rides, 1961. | |
650 | 4 | _aSegregation in transportation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. | |
650 | 4 | _aSouthern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. | |
655 | 0 | _aElectronic books. | |
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_iPrint version: _aCatsam, Derek Charles _tFreedom's Main Line : The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides _dLexington : The University Press of Kentucky,c2009 _z9780813125114 |
830 | 0 | _aCivil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century | |
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_uhttp://uttyler.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=792130 _yClick here to view this ebook. |
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