After the dream black and white southerners since 1965 / [electronic resource] :
Timothy J. Minchin and John A. Salmond.
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.
- x, 405 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.
- Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century .
- Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Historic progress : public accommodations and voting rights in the Johnson years -- "Token beginnings" : the battle to desegregate southern schools and workplaces, 1965-1968 -- A fragmented crusade : the civil rights struggle in the aftermath of the King assassination, 1968-1970 -- Defiance and compliance : the breakdown of freedom of choice in the south's schools -- The busing years : school desegregation in the wake of Swann -- Home has changed : southern race relations in the early 1970s -- Paving the way for full participation : civil rights in the Ford years -- Mixed outcomes : civil rights in the Carter years -- "No substantial progress" : blacks, the economy, and racial polarization in the late 1970s -- The Reagan counterrevolution -- From Bush to Bush : the complexities of civil rights -- The aftermath : from history to memory -- Poverty and progress : four decades of change -- Postscript.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century. Civil rights--History--Southern States--20th century. African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century. Segregation in education--History.--Southern States
Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century. Southern States--Politics and government--20th century.