NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965

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Title:

NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965

Author:

Bynum, Thomas L.

Personal Author:

Bynum, Thomas L.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publication Information:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2013]

Physical Description:

xxi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language:

English

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.

Corporate Subject:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- History -- 20th century.

Subject Term:

African American youth -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.

African American college students -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century.

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

Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Youth movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

ISBN:

9781572339453

Format :

Book