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1 online resource (xi, 314 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index. |
Contents |
"The start of a new movement across the South": the first kneel-ins, 1960 -- "Christ did not build any racial walls": church desegregation campaigns, 1961-65 -- "This spectacle of a church with guarded doors": the Memphis campaign of 1964 -- "Like a child that had been unfaithful": a church-related college and a college-related church -- "A time when the bare souls of men are revealed": Southern Presbyterians respond -- "You're going to have to go out there yourself": church people -- "Our presence at the church is itself an act of worship": White visitors -- "You will only know my motivation when you open the door": Black visitors -- "Mama, why don't they just let them in?": children -- "The greatest crisis in the 120-year history of our church": defiance, intervention, and schism -- "Not the church's advantages, but the city's disadvantages": wrestling with the past at Second Presbyterian Church -- "A season of prayer and corporate repentance": wrestling with the past at Independent Presbyterian Church. |
Summary |
Throughout the South, the Civil Rights Movement inched along over a period of years, making segregated facilities and discriminatory practices the focus of attention and conflict. In this book, Haynes brings to life a dramatic, yet little studied tactic adopted by protesters in the struggle. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Church history -- 20th century.
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Southern States -- Church history -- 20th century.
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Southern States. |
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Church history. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
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United States. |
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Segregation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century.
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Segregation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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History. |
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Black people -- Segregation -- United States.
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Black people -- Segregation. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Haynes, Stephen R. Last segregated hour. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780195395051 (DLC) 2012003851 (OCoLC)773023514 |
ISBN |
9780199875306 (electronic book) |
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0199875308 (electronic book) |
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128360440X |
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9781283604406 |
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9780195395051 |
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0195395050 |
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