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Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama, 1940-1975 - Couverture souple

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9781433148026: Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama, 1940-1975
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1433148021 ISBN 13 : 9781433148026
Editeur : Peter Lang, 2019

Synopsis

This cultural biography tells the story of Birmingham World editor Emory O. Jackson. During his 35-year career in Alabama, he waged numerous sustained civil-rights campaigns for the franchise, equal educational opportunities, and justice for the victims of police brutality and bombings. The semiweekly newspaper was central to his advocacy. Jackson wrote editorials and columns that documented injustices and urged legislative and legal action in an effort to secure civil rights for Black Alabamians. His body of work, grounded in protest and passion, was part of the long tradition of the Black Press as an instrument to agitate for social and political change. Jackson also was a frequent speaker at NAACP branches, colleges, and churches. He was known as a commanding, even fiery, speaker who stressed first-class citizenship. Issues explored in the book demonstrate an assertion of constitutional rights in post-World War II America and a remarkable resilience. Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama, 1940-1975 is the first scholarly analysis of his work and as such contributes to scholarship on the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and the nation.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kimberley Mangun earned a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and is an associate professor at the University of Utah. Her award-winning book, A Force for Change: Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936, inspired an Oregon Public Broadcasting documentary.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1433148021
ISBN 13 
9781433148026
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com
r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com

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9781433148033: Editor Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama, 1940-1975

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ISBN 10 :  143314803X ISBN 13 :  9781433148033
Editeur : Peter Lang, 2019
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