Protest at Selma David J. Garrow

Name: Protest at Selma By David J. Garrow
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Protest at Selma by David J. Garrow

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Federal voting rights legislation and the civil rights protests in Selma and Birmingham, Alabama, in 1965. Emphasis on Martin Luther King, Jr., as leader of SCLC.

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Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by David J. Garrow

Federal voting rights legislation and the civil rights protests in Selma and Birmingham, Alabama, in 1965. Emphasis on Martin Luther King, Jr., as leader of SCLC.

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"One of the most comprehensive studies yet of a single campaign within the civil-rights movement."-Pat Watters, New York Times Book Review
* New York Times Book Review *
"A valuable book, because it is a reminder of both the heroism and the brutality displayed in the great civil rights crusade."-David Herbert Donald, The New Republic
-- David Herbert Donald * The New Republic *
Recipient of the 1979 Chastain Award, presented by the Southern Political Science Association to the author of the best book on the politics, government, or public administration of the United States South -- Chastain Award * Southern Political Science Association *

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NLS9780300024982

ISBN 13

9780300024982

ISBN 10

0300024983

Title

Protest at Selma: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by David J. Garrow

Author

David J. Garrow

Condition

New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Yale University Press

Year published

1980-07-01

Number of pages

364

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