McKersie, Robert B.
A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr. - 1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation.
9780809332458 (e-book)
McKersie, Robert B.
African American civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.
Electronic books.
F548.9.N4 / M34 2013eb
323.092 B
A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr. - 1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation.
9780809332458 (e-book)
McKersie, Robert B.
African American civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Civil rights movements--History--Illinois--Chicago--20th century.
Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations.
Electronic books.
F548.9.N4 / M34 2013eb
323.092 B