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We shall not be moved : the Jackson Woolworth's sit-in and the movement it inspired
Title:
We shall not be moved : the Jackson Woolworth's sit-in and the movement it inspired
Author:
O'Brien, M. J., 1951-
Personal Author:
O'Brien, M. J., 1951-
Publication Information:
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.
Physical Description:
xii, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Prologue -- Medgar's Mississippi -- Some people in the photograph -- Others at the counter -- Others on the scene -- North Jackson action -- "The beginning of change in Mississippi" -- More demonstrations, less unity -- The death of Medgar Evers -- "The Lord's spontaneous demonstration" -- Next steps -- Veterans of domestic wars -- Epilogue.
Subject Term:
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Segregation -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Geographic Term:
Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781617037436
Format :
Book

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