| Description |
xii, 690 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Pivotal moments in American history
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [653]-679) and index. |
| Contents |
You don't have to ride Jim Crow -- Beside the weary road -- Hallelujah! I'm a-travelin' -- Alabama bound -- Get on board, little children -- If you miss me from the back of the bus -- Freedom's coming and it won't be long -- Make me a captive, Lord -- Ain't gonna let no jail house turn me 'round -- Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom -- Oh, freedom -- Epilogue : glory bound -- Appendix : roster of freedom riders. |
| Summary |
In these pages, acclaimed historian Raymond Arsenault provides a gripping account of six pivotal months that jolted the consciousness of America. Here is the definitive account of a dramatic and indeed pivotal moment in American history, a critical episode that transformed the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Raymond Arsenault offers a meticulously researched and grippingly written account of the Freedom Rides, one of the most compelling chapters in the history of civil rights. Arsenault recounts how in 1961, emboldened by federal rulings that declared segregated transit unconstitutional, a group of volunteers--blacks and whites--traveled together from Washington DC through the Deep South, defying Jim Crow laws in buses and terminals, putting their bodies and their lives on the line for racial justice. The book paints a harrowing account of the outpouring of hatred and violence that greeted the Freedom Riders in Alabama and Mississippi. Arsenault brings the key actors in this historical drama vividly to life, with colorful portraits of the Kennedys, Jim Farmer, John Lewis, Diane Nash, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Subject |
African American civil rights workers -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Segregation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Segregation in transportation -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0195136748 (alk. paper) |
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9780195136746 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2244234 |
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NLGGC 280447426 |
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NZ1 9733335 |
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