Dissent in Wichita
Subtitle: the Civil Rights Movement in the Midwest, 1954-72
By: Gretchen Cassel Eick.
Edition: First Illinois paperback ed.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780252074912
Subjects: Lewis, Chester I.; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Kansas -- Wichita -- History -- 20th century.; Civil rights movements -- Kansas -- Wichita -- History -- 20th century.; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Wichita (Kan.) -- Race relations.; United States -- Race relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index.
Table of contents: value: Preface to paperback edition: Contents [vii]; value: Acknowledgments [xvii]; value: 1. The Dockum Sit-In 1; value: 2. The Context 12; value: 3. The Wichita NAACP 34; value: 4. Black and White Together 53; value: 5. Taking on the Giants: Employment, Public Accommodations,; value: and Fair Housing 66; value: 6. Chester Lewis's National Arena in 1964 83; value: 7. The Gap Widens 98; value: 8. Access and Alienation i18; value: 9. Things Fall Apart, 1968 145; value: lo. The Schools: A Bittersweet Victory 163; value: n. Blooming and Fading 184; value: Conclusion 207; value: Epilogue 229; value: Notes 233; value: Bibliography 283; value: Index 295.