America's Johannesburg
Industrialization and Racial Transformation in Birmingham
In some ways, no American city symbolizes the black struggle for civil rights more than Birmingham, Alabama. During the 1950s and 1960s, Birmingham gained national and international attention as a center of activity and unrest during the civil rights movement. Racially motivated bombings of the houses of black families who moved into new neighborhoods or who were politically active during this era were so prevalent that Birmingham earned the nickname Bombingham.In this critical analysis of why Birmingham became such a national flashpoint, Bobby M. Wilson argues that Alabama's path to industrialism differed significantly from that of states in…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8203-5628-0
- EAN: 9780820356280
- Produktnummer: 31298266
- Verlag: Ivp
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'922 KB
- Abbildungen: 6 b&w photos
- Reihenbandnummer: 46
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Bobby M. WilsonForeword by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
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