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Author Bynum, Thomas L.

Title NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965 / Thomas L. Bynum.

Publication Info. Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2013.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (pages cm)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Ours is an immediate task" : Juanita Jackson and the origins of the NAACP youth movement -- To "keep our vision unclouded" : war and democracy -- To finish the fight : "freedom from fear!" -- "With all deliberate speed" : school desegregation, Emmett Till, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- "More than a hamburger and a cup of coffee" : NAACP youth and the 1960s freedom struggle -- "And if not now, when?" : securing our freedom.
Summary "This book is very important in the wider context of related scholarship in themodern-day ciivil rights movement because it will be the first on the youthperspective in the NAACP. ... I believe that will be widely used by scholars andthe general public."--Linda Reed, author of Simple Decency and Common Sense: TheSouthern Conference Movement, 1938-1963 Historical studies of black youth activism have until now focused almost exclusively on the activities of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
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Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History -- 20th century.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
African American youth -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.
African American youth -- Political activity.
African American youth.
African American college students -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.
African American college students -- Political activity.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements.
United States.
Youth movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Youth movements.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bynum, Thomas L. NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965. 1st ed. Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2013 9781572339453 (DLC) 2013001462 (OCoLC)826458570
ISBN 9781572339828 (electronic book)
1572339829 (electronic book)
9781572339453
1572339454