Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides - Couverture rigide

Catsam, Derek Charles

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ISBN 10 : 0813125111 ISBN 13 : 9780813125114

Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009

Synopsis

In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial segregation on public transportation illegal. In Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, Derek Catsam shows how the Freedom Rides were crucial in raising awareness among decision makers and in bringing the realities of racial segregation into American homes through national media coverage.

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À propos de l?auteur

Derek Charles Catsam is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University Press of Kentucky
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813125111
• ISBN 13: 9780813125114
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 436
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible