Freedom's Main Line

The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides

Derek Charles Catsam (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

436 Seiten

2011
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-3377-5 (ISBN)

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In 1961, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups began organizing the Freedom Rides. The Freedom Riders were volunteers of different backgrounds who travelled on buses throughout the American South to help enforce the Supreme Court ruling that had declared racial segregation on public transportation illegal. In Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, Derek Catsam shows how the Freedom Rides were crucial in raising awareness among decision makers and in bringing the realities of racial segregation into American homes through national media coverage.

Derek Charles Catsam is associate professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. His previous publications include numerous reviews and articles. He lives in Odessa, TX.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.6.2011
Reihe/Serie	Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8131-3377-7 / 0813133777
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-3377-5 / 9780813133775
Zustand	Neuware