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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Janken, Kenneth Robert. Wilmington Ten : Violence, Injustice, and the Rise of Black Politics in The 1970s. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2016 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kenneth Robert Janken |
ISBN: | 9781469624853 1469624850 |
OCLC Number: | 1058355054 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
Contents: | Cover -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: Wilmington and the 1898 Mentality -- 1 Vigilante Injustice -- 2 The Making of a Movement -- 3 They're Taking Our Boys Away to Prison -- 4 Alliances and Adversity -- 5 Free the Wilmington Ten at Once! -- CONCLUSION: The Tragedy of the Ten and the Rise of a New Black Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
Abstract:
Narrates the dramatic story of the Wilmington Ten, connecting their story to a larger arc of Black Power and the transformation of post-Civil Rights era political organising. Grounded in extensive interviews, newly declassified government documents, and archival research, this book thoroughly examines the 1971 events and the subsequent movement for justice.
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