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A decisive decade :

by McKersie, Robert B. Physical details: 1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations ISBN:9780809332458 (e-book).
Subject(s): 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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