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Author Warren, Dan R., 1925-2011.

Title If it takes all summer : Martin Luther King, the KKK, and states' rights in St. Augustine, 1964 / Dan R. Warren.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index.
Contents Foreword by Morris Dees; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Protest and Reaction; 2. Where Does St. Augustine Stand?; 3. Birth of a Social Conscience; 4. The Point of No Return; 5. The Fuse Is Lit; 6. Little Children Shall Lead Them; 7. State versus Federal Control; 8. Exodus with Honor; 9. Recrimination and Recovery; Notes; Index.
Summary St. Augustine was planning an elaborate celebration of its founding. But when only whites were invited, local black leaders protested. Ferment in the city grew, convincing Martin Luther King Jr to bring his influence to the local struggle. This memoir recounts the struggle against segregation in St. Augustine, Florida, in the early and mid 1960s.
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Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 20th century.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Florida -- Saint Augustine.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Warren, Dan R., 1925-2011.
Warren, Dan R., 1925-2011.
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Civil rights movements -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements.
Saint Augustine (Fla.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 20th century.
States' rights (American politics)
Lawyers -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Biography.
Lawyers.
Florida -- Daytona Beach.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Warren, Dan R., 1925- If it takes all summer. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008 9780817315993 0817315993 (DLC) 2007029482 (OCoLC)157022902
ISBN 9780817380663 (electronic book)
0817380663 (electronic book)
9780817315993 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817315993 (cloth ; alkaline paper)