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The Resource Just another southern town : Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital, Joan Quigley

Just another southern town : Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital, Joan Quigley

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Summary
"Quigley recounts an untold chapter of the civil rights movement: an epic battle to topple segregation in Washington, the symbolic home of American democracy. At the book's heart is the formidable Mary Church Terrell and the test case she mounts seeking to enforce Reconstruction-era laws prohibiting segregation in D.C. restaurants. Through the prism of Terrell's story, Quigley reassesses Washington's relationship to civil rights history, bringing to life a pivotal fight for equality that erupted five years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a Montgomery bus and a decade before the student sit-in movement rocked segregated lunch counters across the South."--Publisher's website
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue: January 27, 1950
  • On to the battlefield
  • The greatest woman that we have
  • They come standing erect
  • An example for all the world
  • The radicalization of Mary Church Terrell
  • Segregation will go
  • This thing can be licked
  • A bigger step is in order
  • Eat anywhere
  • Epilogue: Until full and final victory
Isbn
9780199371518
Instance
Label
Just another southern town : Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital
Title
Just another southern town
Title remainder
Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital
Statement of responsibility
Joan Quigley
Title variation
Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Quigley recounts an untold chapter of the civil rights movement: an epic battle to topple segregation in Washington, the symbolic home of American democracy. At the book's heart is the formidable Mary Church Terrell and the test case she mounts seeking to enforce Reconstruction-era laws prohibiting segregation in D.C. restaurants. Through the prism of Terrell's story, Quigley reassesses Washington's relationship to civil rights history, bringing to life a pivotal fight for equality that erupted five years before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a Montgomery bus and a decade before the student sit-in movement rocked segregated lunch counters across the South."--Publisher's website
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Quigley, Joan
Dewey number
  • 323.092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E185.97.T47
LC item number
Q54 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Terrell, Mary Church
  • African American women civil rights workers
  • Civil rights workers
  • African American women
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Washington (D.C.)
  • Washington (D.C.)
Label
Just another southern town : Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital, Joan Quigley
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: January 27, 1950 -- On to the battlefield -- The greatest woman that we have -- They come standing erect -- An example for all the world -- The radicalization of Mary Church Terrell -- Segregation will go -- This thing can be licked -- A bigger step is in order -- Eat anywhere -- Epilogue: Until full and final victory
Control code
ocn907494310
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780199371518
Isbn Type
(acid-free paper)
Lccn
2015009744
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)907494310
Label
Just another southern town : Mary Church Terrell and the struggle for racial justice in the nation's capital, Joan Quigley
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: January 27, 1950 -- On to the battlefield -- The greatest woman that we have -- They come standing erect -- An example for all the world -- The radicalization of Mary Church Terrell -- Segregation will go -- This thing can be licked -- A bigger step is in order -- Eat anywhere -- Epilogue: Until full and final victory
Control code
ocn907494310
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780199371518
Isbn Type
(acid-free paper)
Lccn
2015009744
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)907494310

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