The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss - Softcover

Eagles, Charles W.

 
9780807832738: The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807832731 ISBN 13: 9780807832738
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

When James Meredith enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi in 1962, the resulting riots produced more casualties than any other clash of the civil rights era. Eagles shows that the violence resulted from the university's and the state's long defiance of the civil rights movement and federal law. Ultimately, the price of such behavior--the price of defiance--was not only the murderous riot that rocked the nation and almost closed the university but also the nation's enduring scorn for Ole Miss and Mississippi. Eagles paints a remarkable portrait of Meredith himself by describing his unusual family background, his personal values, and his service in the U.S. Air Force, all of which prepared him for his experience at Ole Miss.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charles W. Eagles is William F. Winter Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His books include Outside Agitator: Jon Daniels and the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and The Civil Rights Movement in America.

Aus dem Klappentext

When James Meredith enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi in 1962, the resulting riots produced more casualties than any other clash of the civil rights era. Eagles shows that the violence resulted from the university's and the state's long defiance of the civil rights movement and federal law. Ultimately, the price of such behavior--the price of defiance--was not only the murderous riot that rocked the nation and almost closed the university but also the nation's enduring scorn for Ole Miss and Mississippi. Eagles paints a remarkable portrait of Meredith himself by describing his unusual family background, his personal values, and his service in the U.S. Air Force, all of which prepared him for his experience at Ole Miss.

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Verlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0807832731
ISBN 13 
9780807832738
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
560
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