Student activism and civil rights in Mississippi : protest politics and the struggle for racial justice, 1960-1965 /
In 1960, students supporting civil rights moved into Mississippi and challenged white supremacy by encouraging African Americans to reassert the rights guaranteed them under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The ensuing social upheaval changed the state forev...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Lynd, Staughton, writer of foreword. |
Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Language notes: | English. |
Imprint: | Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2013] |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text |