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1 online resource (xvi, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-298) and index. |
Contents |
And did not pay them a cent : Reconstruction and the roots of the twentieth-century freedom struggle -- Our plight here is bad : the limits of protest in a new South plantation economy -- They will not fight in the open : strategies of resistance in the Jim Crow era -- We feel you all aut to help us : struggles for citizenship, 1914-1929 -- With the aid of God and the F.S.A. : the Louisiana Farmers' Union and the freedom struggle in the New Deal era -- I am an American born Negro : Black empowerment and white responses during World War II -- The social order have changed : the emergence of the civil rights movement, 1945-1960 -- To provide leadership and an example : the Congress of Racial Equality and local people in the 1960s. |
Summary |
Here, the author examines African Americans' struggles for freedom and justice during the Jim Crow and civil rights eras. Using a wide range of sources, she illuminates the connections between the informal strategies of resistance in the early 20th century and the mass protests of the 50s and 60s. |
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Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Louisiana. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Civil rights movements -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
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African American civil rights workers -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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African American civil rights workers. |
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African Americans -- Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Politics and government. |
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African Americans -- Louisiana -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Rural population -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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Rural population. |
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Louisiana -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Louisiana -- Rural conditions.
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Rural conditions. |
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Louisiana -- Politics and government.
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Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: De Jong, Greta. Different day. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002 0807827118 (DLC) 2001057824 (OCoLC)48707016 |
ISBN |
0807860107 (electronic book) |
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9780807860106 (electronic book) |
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0807827118 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807827116 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807853798 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807853795 (paper ; alkaline paper) |