ISBN: 9780252026836 - dissent in wichita: the civil rights movement in the midwest, 1954-72 (5 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. On a hot summer evening in 1958, a group of African American students in Wichita, Kansas, quietly entered Dockum's Drug Store and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter. This was the beginning of the first sustained, successful student sit-in of the modern civil rights movement, instigated in violation of the national NAACP's instructions. Based on interviews with over eighty participants and observers of this sit-in, Dissent in Wichita traces the contours of race relations and black activism in an unexpected locus of the civil rights movement, revealing that the movement was a national, not a southern, phenomenon.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. On a hot summer evening in 1958, a group of African American students in Wichita, Kansas, quietly entered Dockum's Drug Store and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter. This was the beginning of the first sustained, successful student sit-in of the modern civil rights movement, instigated in violation of the national NAACP's instructions. Based on interviews with over eighty participants and observers of this sit-in, Dissent in Wichita traces the contours of race relations and black activism in an unexpected locus of the civil rights movement, revealing that the movement was a national, not a southern, phenomenon.…

hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. aFirst Edition First Printing. Shelf 1008 Text clean; book tight; 312pp; pub info laid in; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL. 2001. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 312 pp 8vo. On a hot summer evening in 1958, a group of African American students in Wichita, Kansas , quietly entered Dockum's Drug Store and sat down at the whites-only lunch counter. This was the beginning of the first sustained, successful student sit-in of the modern civil rights movement; instigated in violation of the national NAACP's instructions. This book tells of race relations and black activism in an unexpected locus of the civil rights movement. A clean very presentable copy. Inscribed by Author(s).…