Pure fire : self-defense as activism in the civil rights era / by Christopher B. Strain
- Bib ID:
- 3410465
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Strain, Christopher B., 1970-
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- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2005
- viii, 254 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0820326860
- 0820326879
- Full contents:
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- Introduction : pure fire
- Ch. 1. Gon' be treated right : self-defense in black history
- Ch. 2. The other cheek : the possibilities of nonviolence, 1955-1956
- Ch. 3. People with strength : questioning the nonviolent ideal, 1957-1962
- Ch. 4. We assert and affirm : self-defense finds a spokesman, 1963-1964
- Ch. 5. A brand new Negro : self-defense in action, 1965-1966
- Ch. 6. Code 1199, officer needs help : rioting as self-defense in Watts, 1965
- Ch. 7. Blood to the horse's brow : self-defense used and abused, 1966-1968
- Conclusion : the courage to talk back
- Postscript : the only tired.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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