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After the dream [electronic resource] : black and white southerners since 1965 /

by Minchin, Timothy J; Salmond, John A; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century: Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2011Description: x, 405 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century | Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century | Segregation in education -- Southern States -- History | Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century | Southern States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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