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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-335) and index.
Contents
Prologue : freedom high -- Qualities of youth. Sure bugs me : the civilrights generation and the failures of the 1950s ; Generation gaps : the civilrights generation and the promise of the 1950s ; The sit-in craze : how the movement got its groove back ; More than a hamburger : from student protesters to civilrights activists ; Highway 61 revisited : inroads in the Deep South ; The dreams that break your heart : Freedom Summer -- Shadows of youth. Unravelings : a generation comes apart ; Angry young men in the season of radical chic : the Black Power movement ; Exiles : the ennui of victory ; The power brokers : SNCC alumni and the making of Black political power ; Idols : the civilrights generation in power.
Summary
A group portrait of leading civilrights activists who comprised the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Draws on original sources to illuminate how these young Americans challenged the way America thinks about civilrights, politics, and moral obligations.