02874nam a2200457 i 4500 ebr10764530 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 121026t20132013ilua ob 001 0aeng|d 0809332442 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780809332441 9780809332458 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)858762730 n-us-il F548.9.N4 M34 2013eb 323.092 B 23 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. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] �2013 1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier 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. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. McKersie, Robert B. African American civil rights workers Illinois Chicago Biography. African Americans Civil rights Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Civil rights movements Illinois Chicago History 20th century. Civil rights workers Illinois Chicago Biography. Chicago (Ill.) Race relations. Electronic books. Print version: McKersie, Robert B. Decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] xxvi, 255 pages 9780809332441 (DLC) 2012040463 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10764530 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 123948 123948