Title The Selma of the North : civil rights insurgency in Milwaukee / Patrick D. Jones.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (318 pages : illustrations)
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Ethnic Milwaukee and the Black community -- Early protest politics -- The campaign to end school segregation -- Father [James] Groppi's civil rights awakening -- The Youth Council and Commandos -- Police-community tensions and the 1967 riot -- The struggle for open housing -- Black power politics -- The decline of direct action -- Conclusion : "We are destined ..."
Summary	This title tells a story that is important for its insights into civil rights history. It includes the debate over nonviolence and armed self-defence, and the dynamic between southern and northern activism. It looks at how between 1958 and 1970, a movement for racial justice emerged from circumstances in Milwaukee.
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Subject	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights.
	Wisconsin -- Milwaukee.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Civil rights movements -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements.
	Insurgency -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century.
	Insurgency.
	Community life -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- History -- 20th century.
	Community life.
	African Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	African Americans.
	Politics and government.
	Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
	Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
	African Americans -- Politics and government.
	Race relations.
	Social conditions.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History.
Other Form:	Print version: 9780674031357 0674031350 9780674057296 0674057295 (DLC) 2008024142 (OCoLC)225874272
ISBN	9780674058934 (electronic book)
	0674058933 (electronic book)
	9780674031357 (alkaline paper)
	0674031350 (alkaline paper)
	9780674057296
	0674057295

Title The Selma of the North : civil rights insurgency in Milwaukee / Patrick D. Jones.

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