TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jeffries,Hasan Kwame
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Bloody Lowndes: civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt 
AV  - E185.93.A3 J44 2009eb
U1  - 323.11970761/465 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Alabama
KW  - Lowndes County
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Lowndes County (Ala.)
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index; Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10354091
ER  -