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The spirit and the shotgun : armed resistance and the struggle for civil rights / Simon Wendt.

Author/creator Wendt, Simon
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
African Americans--Civil rights --Southern States --History --20th century.
Civil rights movements--Southern States --History --20th century.
African American civil rights workers--Southern States --History --20th century.
African American political activists--Southern States --History --20th century.
Government, Resistance to--Southern States --History --20th century.
Political violence--Southern States --History --20th century.
Nonviolence--Southern States --History --20th century.
African Americans--Southern States --Politics and government --20th century.
Black power--Southern States --History --20th century.
Southern States--Race relations --History --20th century.
Series New perspectives on the history of the South
New perspectives on the history of the South. ^A446838
Contents Black self-defense and the emergence of nonviolent protest -- Gandhi, God, and guns in Tuscaloosa -- The Deacons for Defense and Justice -- Armed resistance and the Mississippi movement -- Black power and white fear -- Black manhood and the end of nonviolence -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-266) and index.
LCCN 2006022835
ISBN0813030188 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780813030180 (alk. paper)

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