The bystander : John F. Kennedy and the struggle for Black equality /
Bryant, Nick(Nicholas Andrew)
New York : Basic Books,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-529) and index.
"Give the kid a break" -- Blue blood against green -- Singing Dixie -- Trial by jury -- The victory room -- The liberal democrat -- Johnny come lately -- "Those southern bastards" -- Showdown in Los Angeles -- The strategy of association -- Calling Coretta -- Seventy-two days -- Black Camelot -- Executing inaction -- The sheriff of the new frontier -- Project freedom ride, 1961 -- The one-sided bargain -- The presidential literacy test -- Albany revisited -- "Go Mississippi" -- In Lincoln's shadow -- "Let the whole fucking city burn" -- Repairing the breach -- "Fires of frustration" -- The "new south."
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
African Americans
Civil rights movements