From rights to economics
Subtitle: the ongoing struggle for Black equality in the U.S. South
By: Timothy J. Minchin.
Series: New perspectives on the history of the South
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813030920
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Equality -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights -- Southern States; African Americans -- History -- 1964-; African Americans -- Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Discrimination in employment -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Labor movement -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond the dominant narrative : the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the U.S. South, 1965-1980; title: "They didn't want you around them" : the battle to integrate southern industry in the post-1965 era; title: "Soberly, responsibly, never noisily" : the Southern Regional Council and equal employment opportunity; title: "A brand new shining city" : Floyd B. McKissick and the civil rights movement of the 1970s; title: "They don't care nothing for Blacks" : the Sledge case and the long struggle for civil rights at J.P. Stevens; title: "We were trying to get equal employment" : the Myers case and the battle to integrate Gilman Paper Company; title: "They over there and we over here" : the fight for civil rights in Port St. Joe, Florida, 1938-1997; title: "Meany doesn't sign my check" : the AFL-CIO and the Louisville busing crisis of 1975.