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" Civil war on Race Street : "
Peter B. Levy ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall J. Miller, series editors.
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BL
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994899
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b749269
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Levy, Peter B.
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Civil war on Race Street : : the civil rights movement in Cambridge, Maryland /\ Peter B. Levy ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall J. Miller, series editors.
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Gainesville :: University Press of Florida,, ©2003.
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| Series Statement
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Southern dissent
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xvii, 242 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0813026385
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: 9780813026381
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) and index.
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| Contents
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1. The Contours of History -- 2. The Freedom Rides and the Birth of CNAC -- 3. A Cauldron of Hate -- 4. Good-bye to Gradualism -- 5. The Paradox of Change -- 6. If This Town Don't Come Around -- 7. The Final Act -- Conclusion: Cambridge and the History of the Movement.
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"Civil War on Race Street, so named because Race Street was the road that divided blacks and whites in Cambridge, Maryland, is a detailed examination of one of the most vibrant locally based struggles for racial equality during the 1960s. Beginning with an overview of Cambridge, particularly its history of racial and class relations, Peter Levy traces the emergence of the modern civil rights movement in this city on Maryland's Eastern Shore." "Catalyzed by the arrival of freedom riders in 1962, the movement in Cambridge expanded in 1963 and 1964 under the leadership of Gloria Richardson, one of the most prominent (and one of the few female) civil rights leaders in the nation. In the years after her departure from Cambridge, the movement went into decline until 1967, when it underwent a brief revival that culminated with a riot allegedly incited by black power spokesman H. Rap Brown. In the wake of the riot, blacks and whites in Cambridge sought to rebuild their city and return to a politics of moderation. However, Spiro Agnew, then governor of Maryland, used the riot to advance his political career and the fortunes of the New Right, thereby garnering the attention of the public (as well as Richard Nixon) and achieving the vice-presidency in 1968. At the same time, Brown saw his influence and that of the civil rights movement decline." "In addition to providing valuable insights into Richardson and Agnew, this study is one of the few to examine a community in a "border" state. Levy demonstrates that the goals of the movement were not universal, that strategies underwent constant political and social change, and that the impact on the micro level was not as clean and immediate as historians would have us believe."--BOOK JACKET.
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- Maryland-- Cambridge-- History-- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements-- Maryland-- Cambridge-- History-- 20th century.
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Mouvements des droits de l'homme-- Maryland-- Cambridge-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Noirs américains-- Droits-- Maryland-- Cambridge-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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African Americans-- Civil rights.
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung
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Civil rights movements.
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Ligues des droits de l'homme-- États-Unis-- Cambridge (Md.)-- 1945-1970.
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Noirs américains-- Droits-- États-Unis-- Cambridge (Md.)-- 1945-1970.
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Race relations.
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Cambridge (Md.), Race relations.
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Cambridge (Mar.), Relations raciales.
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Cambridge, Md.
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Maryland, Cambridge.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.1/196073075227/09046
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F189.C345L485 2003
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MG 70968rvk
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