A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement During the 1960s - Couverture rigide

McKersie, Robert B.

 
9780809332441: A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement During the 1960s
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ISBN 10 : 0809332442 ISBN 13 : 9780809332441
Editeur : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The deeply personal story of a historic time in Chicago, Robert B. McKersie's A Decisive Decade follows the unfolding action of the Civil Rights Movement as it played out in the Windy City. McKersie's participation as a white activist for black rights offers a unique, firsthand viewpoint on the debates, boycotts, marches, and negotiations that would forever change the face of race relations in Chicago and the United States at large.

Described within are McKersie's intimate observations on events as they developed during his participation in such historic occasions as the impassioned marches for open housing in Chicago; the campaign to end school segregation under Chicago Schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis; Operation Breadbasket's push to develop economic opportunities for black citizens; and dialogs with corporations to provide more jobs for blacks in Chicago. In addition, McKersie provides up close and personal descriptions of the iconic Civil Rights leaders who spearheaded some of the most formative battles of Chicago's Civil Rights movement, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Jesse Jackson, Timuel Black Jr. and W. Alvin Pitcher. The author illumines the tensions experienced by two major institutions in responding to the demands of the civil rights movement: the university and the church. Packed with historical detail and personal anecdotes of these history-making years, A Decisive Decade offers a never-before-seen perspective on one of our nation's most tumultuous eras.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert B. McKersie, the Society of Sloan Fellows Professor (emeritus) at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is the coauthor of A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations and the award-winning The Transformation of American Industrial Relations.


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Éditeur
Southern Illinois University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0809332442
ISBN 13 
9780809332441
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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