Student activism and civil rights in Mississippi
Subtitle: protest politics and the struggle for racial justice, 1960-1965
By: James P. Marshall ; with a foreword by Staughton Lynd
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780807149843; 9780807149850; 9780807149867; 9780807149874
Subjects: Politics and government; College students; Civil rights; Civil rights movements; Student movements; African American college students; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; African Americans; Political activity; History
Description: "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 forever. In Student Activism and Civil Rights in Mississippi, James P. Marshall, a former civil rights activist, tells the complete story of the quest for racial equality in Mississippi. Using a variety of sources as well as his own memories, Marshall weaves together an astonishing account of student protestors and local activists who risked their lives by fighting against southern resistance and federal inaction. Their efforts, and the horrific violence inflicted on them, helped push many non-southerners and the federal government into action, culminating in the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act--measures that destroyed legalized segregation and disfranchisement."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The incipient movement; title: The decision to go into voter registration; title: Warming up Mississippi : the movement becomes a local thing; title: Commitment aborted; title: The stalemated movement; title: The birth of protest politics; title: Freedom summer, part I; title: Freedom summer, part II; title: The political organization of protest politics, part I; title: The political organization of protest politics, part II; title: Appendix: The power of protection : the federal government.