Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780813141824
Pub Date: 01 May 2013
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Illustrations: 21 b&w photos, 8 maps, 7 tables
Pages: 368
ISBN: 9780813165585
Pub Date: 23 Jun 2015
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Illustrations: 8 maps, 7 tables
Description:
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s. In the wake of the southern student sit-ins, CORE created new chapters all over the country, including one in Brooklyn, New York, which quickly established itself as one of the most audacious and dynamic chapters in the nation.In Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings, historian Brian Purnell explores the chapter's numerous direct-action protest campaigns for economic justice and social equality.