The Citizens' Council : Organized Resistance to the Second Reconstruction, 1954-64 Paperback / softback
by Neil R. McMillen
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This in-depth account of the rise and decline of the Citizens' Councils of America details the organization's role in the massive resistance to school desegregation in the South following the 1954 Brown vs.
Board of Education decision. Included are a new preface and updated bibliography. "A tour de force of research and narration. . . in highly readable style. [McMillen] . . . seems to have read everything the historical record has to offer on the subject and to have known exactly what to make of it. . . Himself squarely on the side of the future, he is sensitive to the anguish that prompted the hysteria of the misguided racist. . . . By any test, a masterful study." -- Journal of Southern History "Takes seriously the people who made the movement, when ridicule and caricature would have been an easier analytical technique.
Solidly researched and well written. . . an intriguing story." -- Augustus M. Burns, Social Studies
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:440 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:01/10/1994
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- ISBN:9780252064418
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:440 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:01/10/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252064418