02740nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10354091 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090108s2009 nyuab sb s001 0 eng 2009000735 GBA951992 bnb 015265990 Uk 9780814743058 (cl : alk. paper) 0814743056 (cl : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646885705 n-us-al E185.93.A3 J44 2009eb 323.11970761/465 22 Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973- Bloody Lowndes [electronic resource] : civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / Hasan Kwame Jeffries. New York : New York University Press, c2009. xx, 348 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index. Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. African Americans Civil rights Alabama Lowndes County History 20th century. Civil rights movements Alabama Lowndes County History 20th century. African Americans Alabama Lowndes County Politics and government 20th century. Lowndes County (Ala.) Race relations History 20th century. Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Race relations History 20th century. Lowndes County (Ala.) Politics and government 20th century. Black Belt (Ala. and Miss.) Politics and government 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10354091 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 34273 34273