NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965 /
"This book is very important in the wider context of related scholarship in themodern-day ciivil rights movement because it will be the first on the youthperspective in the NAACP. ... I believe that will be widely used by scholars andthe general public."--Linda Reed, author of Simple Decen...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2013. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text |
Table of Contents:
- "Ours is an immediate task" : Juanita Jackson and the origins of the NAACP youth movement
- To "keep our vision unclouded" : war and democracy
- To finish the fight : "freedom from fear!"
- "With all deliberate speed" : school desegregation, Emmett Till, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- "More than a hamburger and a cup of coffee" : NAACP youth and the 1960s freedom struggle
- "And if not now, when?" : securing our freedom.