The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North
(Part of the Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century Series)
No Customer Reviews
Select Format
Select Condition 
Book Overview
Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there, King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined the locally based Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) to form the Chicago Freedom Movement. The open housing demonstrations they organized eventually r
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813166500
ISBN13:9780813166506
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:528 Pages
Weight:2.00 lbs.
Dimensions:1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Customer Reviews
0 rating
Copyright © 2025 Thriftbooks.com
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information | Cookie Policy | Cookie Preferences | Accessibility Statement
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
