Waging a good war a military history of the civil rights movement, 1954-1968
"A new history of the Civil Rights Movement with an emphasis on its nonviolent use of military tactics and strategy"--
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2022
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface : a different angle on the civil rights movement
- Introduction : stirrings, 1865-1954
- Montgomery, 1955-1956 : besieging a city
- Nashville, 1960 : developing a nonviolent cadre
- The Freedom Rides, 1961 : a raid behind enemy lines
- The Albany movement, 1961-1962 : stymied by an adaptive adversary
- Ole Miss, 1962 : a racial confrontation that lacked movement input
- Early Birmingham, Spring 1963 : putting children on the front lines
- The March on Washington, mid-1963 : taking the national stage
- Later Birmingham, Fall 1963 : counter-escalation against children
- Oxford, Ohio, June 1964 : SNCC prepares to assault a state
- The Battle of Mississippi, July and August 1964 : Freedom Summer
- Selma, 1965 : victory
- and factionalization
- Chicago, 1966 : a bridge too far
- Memphis, 1968 : the costs of it all
- Epilogue: the good war today
