Fighting their own battles Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the struggle for civil rights in Texas - Behnken, Brian D.; ebrary, Inc. (Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, 2011)
Advancing the cause of democracy : the origins of protest in the long civil rights movement -- Sleeping on another man's wounds : the battle for integrated schools in the 1950s -- Nothing but victory can stop us : direct action and political action in the early 1960s -- Venceremos : the evolution of civil rights in the mid-1960s -- Am I my brother's keeper? : ecumenical activism in the Lone Star State -- The day of nonviolence is past : the era of Brown power and Black power in Texas -- Pawns, puppets, and ccapegoats : school desegregation in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Mexican Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; School integration -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Relations with Mexican Americans -- History -- 20th century; Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Texas -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century; Electronic books