Stories of struggle : the clash over civil rights in South Carolina /

The end of desegregation and the attainment of civil rights for South Carolinas African American community from the 1940s through the 1960s was a long and arduous struggle. Enduring lynchings, death threats, bombs, robed Klansmen, burning crosses, whippings, beatings, arson, and venemous hatred, Afr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brinson, Claudia Smith (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Fearless Leader: James Myles Hinton Sr.
  • No Such Thing as Standing Still: Briggs v. Elliott
  • Forward Motion: Cecil Augustus Ivory
  • Whatever They Call You: Student Sit-Ins
  • You Thought Wed Say, Sorry, Boss: The Charleston Hospital Strike