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A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr.

Author/creator McKersie, Robert B.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxxvi, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the Unitarian Church -- Race relations and the personal equation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012040463
ISBN9780809332441 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0809332442 (cloth : alk. paper)

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