| Description |
415 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture |
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John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-379) and index. |
| Contents |
Migration, memory, and freedom in the urban heart of the Delta -- Memphis before World War II: migrants, mushroom strikes, and the reign of terror -- Where would the Negro women apply for work?: wartime clashes over labor, gender, and racial justice -- Moral outrage: postwar protest against police violence and sexual assault -- Night train, Freedom Train: black youth and racial politics in the early Cold War -- Our mental liberties: banned movies, black-appeal radio, and the struggle for a new public sphere -- Rejecting mammy: the urban-rural road in the era of Brown v. Board of Education -- We were making history: students, sharecroppers, and sanitation workers in the Memphis freedom movement -- Battling the plantation mentality: from the Civil Rights Act to the sanitation strike. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Segregation -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- History -- 20th century.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780807831069 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0807831069 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780807858028 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0807858021 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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