"My Mind Set on Freedom": A History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954- 1968.

Abstract

Part 1 Preface ix Part 2 THE GATHERING STORM 3 Chapter 3 First legal challenges. The New Deal. Regional protest groups. Local organizations. The Emmett Till case. The Brown decision announced. Part 4 THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOOR 27 Chapter 5 Reaction to the Brown decision. Autherine Lucy. Crisis at Little Rock. Massive resistance. James Meredith at Ole Miss. George Wallace and the University of Alabama. Part 6 I HAVE A DREAM 51 Chapter 7 The Montgomery Bus Boycott. The rise of martin Luther King, Jr. King's philosophy. The formation of SCLC. Failure at Albany. The Birmingham Kennedy's involvement. The March on Washington. Part 8 SITTING-IN FOR JUSTICE, RIDING FOR FREEDOM 81 Chapter 9 The Greensboro movement. The movement spreads. Rides. Origins of SNCC. The Voting Rights Freedom Summer. Malcolm X. Part 10 THE NATIONAL RESPONSE 106 Chapter 11 The Eisenhower administration. The election of 1960. Kennedy and civil rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1964. White backlash. The Mississippi Democratic party. The election of 1964. Part 12 THE END OF THE MOVEMENT 127 13 The Selma The Voting Rights Act of 1965. The end of school segregation. Collapse of the movement. power. King's Chicago sojourn. The Poor People's campaign. The death of Martin Luther King. Part 14 THE NEW SOUTH 149 Chapter 15 Effect of the Voting Rights Act. Black political participation. School desegregation and its effects. Southern justice. The wealth disparity. King's legacy. Part 16 A Note on Sources 165 Part 17 Index 169