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NAACP youth and the fight for black freedom, 1936-1965 / Thomas L. Bynum.

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"This book is very important in the wider context of related scholarship in themodern-day ciivil rights movement because it will be the first on the youthperspective in the NAACP. ... I believe that will be widely used by scholars andthe general public."--Linda Reed, author of Simple Decen...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bynum, Thomas L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > History > 20th century.
African American youth > Political activity > History > 20th century.
African American college students > Political activity > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Youth movements > United States > History > 20th century.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
African American college students > Political activity.
African American youth > Political activity.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Youth movements.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • "Ours is an immediate task" : Juanita Jackson and the origins of the NAACP youth movement
  • To "keep our vision unclouded" : war and democracy
  • To finish the fight : "freedom from fear!"
  • "With all deliberate speed" : school desegregation, Emmett Till, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • "More than a hamburger and a cup of coffee" : NAACP youth and the 1960s freedom struggle
  • "And if not now, when?" : securing our freedom.

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