From rights to economics : the ongoing struggle for Black equality in the U.S. South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Minchin, Timothy J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2007.
Series:	New perspectives on the history of the South
Subjects:	African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 20th century. Civil rights movements > Southern States > History > 20th century. Equality > Southern States > History > 20th century. Civil rights > Southern States. African Americans > History > 1964- African Americans > Southern States > Economic conditions > 20th century. Discrimination in employment > Southern States > History > 20th century. Labor movement > Southern States > History > 20th century. Southern States > Race relations > History > 20th century. Southern States > Economic conditions > 1945-

Table of Contents:

Beyond the dominant narrative : the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the U.S. South, 1965-1980
"They didn't want you around them" : the battle to integrate southern industry in the post-1965 era
"Soberly, responsibly, never noisily" : the Southern Regional Council and equal employment opportunity
"A brand new shining city" : Floyd B. McKissick and the civil rights movement of the 1970s
"They don't care nothing for Blacks" : the Sledge case and the long struggle for civil rights at J.P. Stevens
"We were trying to get equal employment" : the Myers case and the battle to integrate Gilman Paper Company
"They over there and we over here" : the fight for civil rights in Port St. Joe, Florida, 1938-1997
"Meany doesn't sign my check" : the AFL-CIO and the Louisville busing crisis of 1975.

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