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Informationen zum Autor By Charles W. McKinney Jr. Klappentext This book offers a groundbreaking long-term study of Wilson County, North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement, McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the region and directly confronted the state's reputation for moderation. Zusammenfassung This book offers a groundbreaking long-term study of Wilson County! North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement! McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the region and directly confronted the state's reputation for moderation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 List of Abbreviations Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Map of Wilson County Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. Building Freedom from the Ground Up Chapter 7 2. The Idea of Citizenship Was Never Greater: Organizing the Foundations of a Movement Chapter 8 3. "A Little Too Much for a Self-Respecting White Man to Swallow": Brown and its Aftermath Chapter 9 4. We Began to Question Where We Never Questioned Before: The Struggle to Build a Movement Chapter 10 5. Somewhere Down the Line We Decided to Organize: Integration, Housing and the Ascendancy of "Lower Income Negro Citizens" Chapter 10 Conclusion: Race, Class, Memory and the Pursuit of Greater Freedom Chapter 11 Selected Bibliography Chapter 12 Index
