Beyond Integration
The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980
In 1975, Florida's Escambia County and the city of Pensacola experienced a pernicious chain of events. A sheriff's deputy killed a young black man at point-blank range. Months of protests against police brutality followed, culminating in the arrest and conviction of the Reverend H. K. Matthews, the leading civil rights organizer in the county. Viewing the events of Escambia County within the context of the broader civil rights movement, J. Michael Butler demonstrates that while activism of the previous decade destroyed most visible and dramatic signs of racial segregation, institutionalized forms of cultural racism still persisted. In Florida…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4696-2747-2
- EAN: 9781469627472
- Produktnummer: 18982604
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 348 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.0 cm 561 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 561
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