Bibliograph

A decisive decade, an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s, Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr

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A decisive decade, an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s, Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-246) and index

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autobiography

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A decisive decade

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

809613760

Responsibility statement

Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr

Sub title

an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s

Table Of Contents

The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the Civil Rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- Tim Black and the Motorola campaign -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the Unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation

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